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odontocyte

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000140

Skeletogenic cell that secretes dentine matrix, is derived from odontogenic papilla. Embedded in dentine tissue, and is the transformation of a non-terminally differentiated odontoblast cell. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go/references/0000034 ]

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odontocyte

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cell

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anatomical entity
connective tissue cell
material entity
develops from some odontoblast
develops from some mesenchymal stem cell
produces some dentine