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YELLOW MARROW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow marrow mean?
• YELLOW MARROW (noun)
The noun YELLOW MARROW has 1 sense:
1. bone marrow that is yellow with fat; found at the ends of long bones in adults
Familiarity information: YELLOW MARROW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bone marrow that is yellow with fat; found at the ends of long bones in adults
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
yellow bone marrow; yellow marrow
Hypernyms ("yellow marrow" is a kind of...):
bone marrow; marrow (the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones)
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