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marrow Definition

mar·row (mar′ō)

noun

  1. the soft, vascular, fatty tissue that fills the cavities of most bones
  2. the innermost, essential, or choicest part; pith
  3. vitality
  4. Brit. vegetable marrow

Etymology: ME merow < OE mearg, akin to Ger mark, marrow < IE base *mozgho-, marrow, brains > Sans majján-, marrow

marrow Related Forms

mar′·rowy adjective

marrow Synonyms

marrow

n.

nucleus, kernel, heart; see essence 1.

marrow Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • suck: Lived deep and dangerous and sucked the marrow out of life.
  • donate: Happily, his brother Neil donated bone marrow for Lee, which was a perfect match.
  • derive: These include studies of the nervous system, germ cells and bone marrow derived stem cells.
  • harvest: Beginning to feel more human although my right hip feels like it had its marrow harvested overnight.
  • stimulate: EPO is a hormone naturally secreted by the kidneys which stimulates bone marrow to produce red blood cells.
  • extract: We have also found a spiral fracture on what is possibly a deer bone, opened by a Neanderthal to extract the marrow.

Adjective modifier

  • spinal: The neck of the animal should not be disjoined during slaughtering intentionally, even the knife should not go deep into the spinal marrow.
  • normal: Normal adult bone marrow contains an age-related proportion of fat cells.
  • healthy: During a transplant, healthy bone marrow will be fed into your blood stream.

Modifies a noun

  • transplant: More than 60 percent of patients needing a bone marrow transplant do not have a match within their family.
  • transplantation: Bone marrow transplantation has cured the condition in many cases.
  • micronucleus: A negative result had been reported in an adequate oral bone marrow mouse micronucleus assay.
  • biopsy: In a bone marrow biopsy, a slightly larger needle is used.
  • aspirate: These included blood count results, and, usually, a bone marrow aspirate.
  • donor: The more bone marrow donors Anthony Nolan can afford to recruit the more lives we can help save.

Noun used with modifier

  • bone: With my first taste of roast bone marrow with parsley salad was born my enduring love of meat, nose to tail.
  • in-vivo: Until recently there has been little consideration as to whether artifactual positive results can also be obtained in the in-vivo bone marrow assays.
  • donor: Graft Versus Host A term used in donor bone marrow transplant.
  • mouse: The effect of the alkaloid was also tested in an in vivo assay using BALB/c mouse bone marrow cells.
  • vegetable: Vegetable marrow Shaped like a rugby ball with the ends cut off.