BONE MARROW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bone marrow mean? 

• BONE MARROW (noun)
  The noun BONE MARROW has 2 senses:

1. the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones

2. very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones

  Familiarity information: BONE MARROW used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BONE MARROW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

bone marrow; marrow

Hypernyms ("bone marrow" is a kind of...):

connective tissue (tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bone marrow"):

red bone marrow; red marrow (bone marrow of children and some adult bones that is required for the formation of red blood cells)

yellow bone marrow; yellow marrow (bone marrow that is yellow with fat; found at the ends of long bones in adults)

Holonyms ("bone marrow" is a part of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

immune system (a system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

bone marrow; marrow

Hypernyms ("bone marrow" is a kind of...):

dainty; delicacy; goody; kickshaw; treat (something considered choice to eat)

Holonyms ("bone marrow" is a part of...):

marrowbone (a bone containing edible marrow; used especially in flavoring soup)

 Context examples 

Your blood cells form in your bone marrow.

(Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

Leukemia with an acute onset, characterized by the presence of lymphoblasts in the bone marrow and the peripheral blood.

(Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, NCI Thesaurus)

An aggressive (fast-growing) disease in which too many myeloblasts (immature white blood cells that are not lymphoblasts) are found in the bone marrow and blood.

(Acute myeloblastic leukemia, NCI Dictionary)

Anemia characterized by the presence of megaloblasts in the bone marrow.

(Megaloblastic Anemia, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

An aggressive (fast-growing) type of leukemia (blood cancer) in which too many lymphoblasts (immature white blood cells) are found in the blood and bone marrow.

(Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, NCI Dictionary)

A clonal (malignant) hematopoietic disorder affecting the bone marrow and the peripheral blood.

(Acute leukemia, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare disorder in which the bone marrow makes almost no red blood cells.

(Acquired pure red cell aplasia, NCI Dictionary)

It is nonproliferative and is usually found in bone marrow.

(Metamyelocyte, NCI Thesaurus)

A white blood cell produced in the bone marrow that, due to contact with an antigen, able to proliferate and differentiate into B memory cells, antibody-secreting B-lymphocytes or plasma cells.

(Activated B-Lymphocyte, NCI Thesaurus)

MILs are harvested from autologous bone marrow from multiple myeloma patients and, in vitro, are exposed to and activated by anti-CD3/anti-CD28 monoclonal antibodies covalently attached to super-paramagnetic microbeads.

(Activated Marrow Infiltrating Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)