bone marrow
noun
: a soft highly vascular modified connective tissue that occupies the cavities of most bones and occurs in two forms:
a
: one that is yellowish, consists chiefly of fat cells, and is found especially in the cavities of long bones
b
: one that is reddish, is the chief site of blood cell formation, and occurs in the normal adult in cancellous tissue especially of certain flat bones
called also red marrow
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The popular radio co-host is undergoing treatment for multiple myeloma, a cancer that affects the plasma cells in bone marrow.
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Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 12 Jan. 2025
Additional tests include bone marrow aspiration and biopsy, imaging studies, and cytochemistry.
—Doru Paul, Health, 10 Jan. 2025
There's little holes on top that all those healing cells that are in your bone marrow can trickle up into that CartiHeal implant and then come up and then turn into a more cartilage type tissue.
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
Also had some bone marrow taken from my hip and put into my foot.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 12 Jan. 2025
Additional tests include bone marrow aspiration and biopsy, imaging studies, and cytochemistry.
—Doru Paul, Health, 10 Jan. 2025
There's little holes on top that all those healing cells that are in your bone marrow can trickle up into that CartiHeal implant and then come up and then turn into a more cartilage type tissue.
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
Also had some bone marrow taken from my hip and put into my foot.
—Brian Mazique, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Bone marrow.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bone%20marrow. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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