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korff's fiber

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Main Entry: Korff's fiber
Pronunciation: 'korfs-
Function: noun
: any of the thick argyrophilic fibers in the developing tooth that arise from the dentalpapilla, pass between the cells of the odontoblast layer, and form the matrix of the dentin called also von Korff fiber
Korff, Karl von, 20th-century German anatomist andhistologist.
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