bone marrow

noun

1. marrow ¹( def 1 ).

bone marrow

noun

1. See marrow 1

bone marrow

1. The spongy, red tissue that fills the bone cavities of mammals. Bone marrow is the source of red blood cells, platelets, and most white blood cells.

bone marrow

1. See marrow .

Example Sentences

Faltas had the more deadly acute form and spent a year and a half undergoing chemotherapy, fighting life-threatening infections and receiving a bone marrow transplant.

From Salon

The paper, "Breast cancers that disseminate to bone marrow acquire aggressive phenotypes through CX43-related tumor-stroma tunnels," appears in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

From Science Daily

Three years ago, he had a bone marrow transplant and, as a result of this, suffers from graft-versus-host-disease.

From BBC

"It’s the only bone marrow transplant ward in Scotland, it's where were are told is the safest place to go - but my experience is it's not as safe as it should be," she added.

From BBC

The two-year-old, who was found under a pile of blankets with “traumatic injuries from head to toe” on 30 June 2023, officially died from a bone marrow embolism as a consequence of skeletal trauma.

From BBC