bone-marrow transplant

American  

[bohn-mar-oh] / ˈboʊnˌmær oʊ /

noun

1. Surgery. a technique in which a small amount of bone marrow is withdrawn by a syringe from a donor's pelvic bone and injected into a patient whose ability to make new blood cells has been impaired by a disease, as anemia or cancer, or by exposure to radiation.

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bone marrow transplant Scientific  

1. A technique in which bone marrow is transplanted from one individual to another, or removed from and transplanted to the same individual, in order to stimulate production of blood cells. It is used in the treatment of malignancies, certain forms of anemia, and immunologic deficiencies.

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Example Sentences

The baffled cops investigated and discovered that the man in question had received a bone-marrow transplant from his brother years earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

Sickle-cell disease can be cured with a bone-marrow transplant, but few patients have compatible donors.

From New York Times • Nov. 16, 2023

A bone-marrow transplant saved him, but the toll of the radiation, chemotherapy and the disease has resulted in hypertension, heart failure and multiple bladder tumors.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2023

If the therapy works, Alyssa's immune system - including T-cells - will be rebuilt with the second bone-marrow transplant.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2022

For example, a leukemia patient would not require a sibling with a tissue match for a bone-marrow transplant.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013