Definition of Ameloblast

1. Noun. A cell from which tooth enamel develops.

Generic synonyms: Embryonic Cell, Formative Cell

Definition of Ameloblast

1. Noun. An epithelial cell that forms the enamel of the developing tooth ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ameloblast

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Ameloblast

1. Columnar epithelial cells that secrete the enamel layer of teeth in mammals. Their apical surfaces are tapering Tomes processes) and are embedded within the enamel matrix. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (22 Feb 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ameloblast

ameliorated
ameliorates
amelioratin'
ameliorating
ameliorating(a)
amelioratingly
amelioration
ameliorations
ameliorative
ameliorative waste
ameliorator
ameliorators
amelioratory
amelled
amelo-
ameloblast (current term)
ameloblastic adenomatoid tumour
ameloblastic fibroma
ameloblastic fibrosarcoma
ameloblastic layer
ameloblastic odontoma
ameloblastic sarcoma
ameloblastin
ameloblastoma
ameloblastomas
ameloblastomata
ameloblastomatous craniopharyngioma
ameloblasts
amelocemental
amelodental junction

Literary usage of Ameloblast

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1900)
"... he states that with a Zeiss 2 mm objective he can show in the substance of the ameloblast cell minute glistening globular bodies in the region of the ..."

2. A Laboratory manual and text-book of embryology by Charles William Prentiss (1922)
"The enamel is laid down first as an uncalcified fibrillar layer which later becomes calcified in the form of enamel prisms, one for each ameloblast. ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1898)
"That one ameloblast furnishes the whole length of an enamel prism. That the fibrillar outgrowths, previously more or less correctly described by other ..."

4. A Text-book of Histology: Arranged Upon an Embryological Basis by Philipp Stöhr, Frederic Thomas Lewis (1913)
"... contains granules or droplets which blacken with osmic acid and presumably indicate secretory activity. The basal surface of each ameloblast presents ..."

5. International Clinics; a Quarterly of Clinical Lectures. (1901)
"An enamel-cell; one of the cells from which the enamel of the teeth is developed; an ameloblast. ..."

6. Normal Histology: With Special Reference to the Structure of the Human Body by George Arthur Piersol (1912)
"The initial phase in the production of the enamel is the appearance of a delicate cuticular zone at the inner end of each ameloblast; this fuses with the ..."

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