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osteoclast differentiation (GO:0030316)
The process in which a relatively unspecialized monocyte acquires the specialized features of an osteoclast. An osteoclast is a specialized phagocytic cell associated with the absorption and removal of the mineralized matrix of bone tissue.
Specific
multinuclear osteoclast differentiation (GO:0072674)
General
myeloid leukocyte differentiation (GO:0002573)
References
gene ontology: GO:0030316
PMID: 12161749