fibroblast /fī″brəblast/ [L, fibra + Gk, blastos, germ] , a flat, elongated undifferentiated cell in the connective tissue that gives rise to various precursor cells, such as the chondroblast, collagenoblast, and osteoblast, which form the fibrous, binding, and supporting tissue of the body. Also called desmocyte, fibrocyte. −fibroblastic, adj.
