An osteocyte-like cell with numerous processes, trapped in a lacuna in the cementum of the tooth. [L. cementum, cement, + G. kytos, cell]
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n.
a cell found in cementum.
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ce·men·to·cyte (sə-menґto-sīt) [cemento- + -cyte] a cell in the lacunae of cellular cementum, ranging in shape from round to oval or flattened, and exhibiting numerous protoplasmic processes extending from its free surface. Called also cement cell.Medical dictionary. 2011.