chondrocyte

English

Etymology

From chondro- +‎ -cyte.

Noun

chondrocyte (plural chondrocytes)

1. (biology) A cell that makes up the tissue of cartilage.
   • 2010 January 29, Anita Woods et al., “Control of chondrocyte gene expression by actin dynamics: a novel role of cholesterol/Ror-α signalling in endochondral bone growth”, in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine‎^[1], volume 13, →DOI:

     Ectopic chondrocyte hypertrophy has been demonstrated in OA, suggesting that the pathogenetical process involves a recapitulation of endochondral ossification [ 11 – 13 ].

   • 1888, Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger:

     The pinnacocytes of the outer surface and the adjacent chondrocytes contain pigment granules.

Derived terms

• chondrocytic
• fibrochondrocyte
• perichondrocyte
• prechondrocyte

Translations

cell

• Dutch: chondrocyt (nl) f or m
• Finnish: rustosolu, kondrosyytti (fi)
• French: chondrocyte (fr) m
• German: Chondrozyt (de) m, Knorpelzelle f
• Greek: χονδροκύτταρο (el) n (chondrokýttaro)
• Hindi: उपास्थ्यणु (upāsthyaṇu)
• Portuguese: condrócito (pt) m
• Romanian: condrocit (ro) n
• Swedish: kondrocyt (sv)