Marrow definition
An example of marrow is the substance in bones that can be donated to a sick person in need of a blood marrow transfusion.
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Origin of marrow
- Middle English marow from Old English mearg
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Middle English mary, marow, marowe, marowȝ, from Old English mearg, from Proto-Germanic *mazgą, *mazgaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mozgos. See Dutch merg and Russian мозг ("brain").
From Wiktionary
- From Old Norse margr.
From Wiktionary