Marrow
noun
A soft tissue in the middle of bones where blood cells are produced.
She had a bone marrow transplant after the accident
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Medical
noun
The inside part of vegetables like cucumbers, squashes which can be eaten.
The marrow of this courgette is quite sweet
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Approving
noun
The essential or most important part of something.
The pursuit of happiness is the marrow of life.
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Formal
Literary
noun
A type of squash vegetable.
I planted marrows in the garden this year.
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Technical
noun
Courage, or strength of character.
You have got the marrow to face the problem.
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Informal, Approving
Colloquial
noun
A soft tissue in the middle of bones where blood cells are produced.
She had a bone marrow transplant after the accident
Usage tips
Medical
noun
The inside part of vegetables like cucumbers, squashes which can be eaten.
The marrow of this courgette is quite sweet
Usage tips
Approving
noun
The essential or most important part of something.
The pursuit of happiness is the marrow of life.
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Formal
Literary
noun
A type of squash vegetable.
I planted marrows in the garden this year.
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Technical
noun
Courage, or strength of character.
You have got the marrow to face the problem.
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Informal, Approving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Medical Context
Used when discussing health treatments or conditions that affect the blood.
Doctors tested her marrow for signs of disease.
Pro Tip 2/2Transplant Specific
Bone marrow is commonly referenced in transplant contexts to treat blood disorders.
He is on the waiting list for a marrow transplant.
Pro Tip 1/2Medical Context
Used when discussing health treatments or conditions that affect the blood.
Doctors tested her marrow for signs of disease.
Pro Tip 2/2Transplant Specific
Bone marrow is commonly referenced in transplant contexts to treat blood disorders.
He is on the waiting list for a marrow transplant.
Pro Tip 1/2Medical Context
Used when discussing health treatments or conditions that affect the blood.
Doctors tested her marrow for signs of disease.
Pro Tip 2/2Transplant Specific
Bone marrow is commonly referenced in transplant contexts to treat blood disorders.
He is on the waiting list for a marrow transplant.
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We can reprogram life....
which sounds absolutely horrible until you realize, the reason you're doing that is you're substituting bone marrow during cancer treatments. So by taking somebody else's bone marrow, you may be changing some fundamental aspects of yourself, but you're also saving your life. And as you're thinking about this stuff,
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Why healthy bones are...
a tough membrane that covers and protects. Next, there's a thick layer of compact bone, the white, hard, smooth part that most people are familiar with. But inside, there is spongy or trabecular bone, and an inner core filled with bone marrow, which contains stem cells that make blood and are constantly dividing.
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What is leukemia? -...
and keep up with the body's needs. One example is the bone marrow, where stem cells differentiate into many types of blood cells. That includes red blood cells, which carry oxygen from the lungs to all tissues, platelets, which help stop bleeding by sticking to damaged blood vessels,
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Fast Food PIPE Life Below...
crucial for his body to keep up this is the lower right leg from a young bull moose fifteen or sixteen months old and I'm gonna break it to get the marrow out of course you can use a saw to get to the marrow but I found that by supporting the bone between two large
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How does your immune...
The immune system relies on millions of defensive white blood cells, also known as leukocytes, that originate in our bone marrow. These cells migrate into the bloodstream and the lymphatic system, a network of vessels which helps clear bodily toxins and waste.
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How this disease changes...
to reduce the amount of sickling, blunting symptoms and increasing life expectancy. Bone marrow transplantations offer a curative measure, but these procedures are complicated and often inaccessible. But promising new medications are intervening in novel ways,
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Daniel Kraft invents a...
I didn't bring a human brain, but I did bring a liter of bone marrow. And bone marrow is actually what we use to save the lives of tens of thousands of patients, most of whom have advanced malignancies like leukemia and lymphoma and some other diseases.
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How bones make blood -...
filled with soft bone marrow. Marrow contains fat and other supportive tissue, but its most essential elements are blood stem cells. These stem cells are constantly dividing. They can differentiate into red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets,
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Siddharthan Chandran:...
and asked a simple Would stem cells from the bone marrow be protective of their nerves? So what we did was we took this bone marrow, grew up the stem cells in the lab, and then injected them back into the vein. I'm making this sound really simple.
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Bare Bones PIPE National...
Discoverer of the x-ray we've come a long way since then and it turns out bones are anything but dry deep in the center of many bones in this tissue called the marrow some 120 million
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We can reprogram life....
which sounds absolutely horrible until you realize, the reason you're doing that is you're substituting bone marrow during cancer treatments. So by taking somebody else's bone marrow, you may be changing some fundamental aspects of yourself, but you're also saving your life. And as you're thinking about this stuff,
Video examples
Why healthy bones are...
a tough membrane that covers and protects. Next, there's a thick layer of compact bone, the white, hard, smooth part that most people are familiar with. But inside, there is spongy or trabecular bone, and an inner core filled with bone marrow, which contains stem cells that make blood and are constantly dividing.
Video examples
What is leukemia? -...
and keep up with the body's needs. One example is the bone marrow, where stem cells differentiate into many types of blood cells. That includes red blood cells, which carry oxygen from the lungs to all tissues, platelets, which help stop bleeding by sticking to damaged blood vessels,
Video examples
Fast Food PIPE Life Below...
crucial for his body to keep up this is the lower right leg from a young bull moose fifteen or sixteen months old and I'm gonna break it to get the marrow out of course you can use a saw to get to the marrow but I found that by supporting the bone between two large
Video examples
How does your immune...
The immune system relies on millions of defensive white blood cells, also known as leukocytes, that originate in our bone marrow. These cells migrate into the bloodstream and the lymphatic system, a network of vessels which helps clear bodily toxins and waste.
Video examples
How this disease changes...
to reduce the amount of sickling, blunting symptoms and increasing life expectancy. Bone marrow transplantations offer a curative measure, but these procedures are complicated and often inaccessible. But promising new medications are intervening in novel ways,
Video examples
Daniel Kraft invents a...
I didn't bring a human brain, but I did bring a liter of bone marrow. And bone marrow is actually what we use to save the lives of tens of thousands of patients, most of whom have advanced malignancies like leukemia and lymphoma and some other diseases.
Video examples
How bones make blood -...
filled with soft bone marrow. Marrow contains fat and other supportive tissue, but its most essential elements are blood stem cells. These stem cells are constantly dividing. They can differentiate into red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets,
Video examples
Siddharthan Chandran:...
and asked a simple Would stem cells from the bone marrow be protective of their nerves? So what we did was we took this bone marrow, grew up the stem cells in the lab, and then injected them back into the vein. I'm making this sound really simple.
Video examples
Bare Bones PIPE National...
Discoverer of the x-ray we've come a long way since then and it turns out bones are anything but dry deep in the center of many bones in this tissue called the marrow some 120 million
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Beth Macy
American Journalist
So many white people don't want to talk about race; it's uncomfortable. Many reason that slavery happened more than a century ago, and people alive today had nothing to do with it. But the particulars of these stories, from slavery to segregation to civil rights and mass incarceration, are at the marrow of life in America today.
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Sheryl Lee
American Actor
My doctor suggested doing some blood tests and immediately discovered that my white blood cell count was low. So then I went through many more tests including bone marrow biopsies until they figured out that I had neutropenia.
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Thomas Merton
American Author
Death is someone you see very clearly with eyes in the center of your heart: eyes that see not by reacting to light, but by reacting to a kind of a chill from within the marrow of your own life.
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D. H. Lawrence
English Writer
Oh literature, oh the glorious Art, how it preys upon the marrow in our bones. It scoops the stuffing out of us, and chucks us aside. Alas!
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Drew Barrymore
American Actress
If you're going to be alive and on this planet, you have to, like, suck the marrow out of every day and get the most out of it.
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Craig Sager
American Journalist
I will continue to keep fighting sucking the marrow out of life as life sucks the marrow out of me.
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Robin Coste Lewis
American Poet
I am an artist through to my marrow, which might be a curse and not necessarily a good thing.
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Sissy Spacek
American Actress
I hated country music growing up, but it gets in your bone marrow, kind of like a disease.
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Richard Mourdock
American Politician
I believe life is precious; I believe that to the marrow of my bones.
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Sid Waddell
British Entertainer
He's as cool as a prized marrow!
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Beth Macy
American Journalist
So many white people don't want to talk about race; it's uncomfortable. Many reason that slavery happened more than a century ago, and people alive today had nothing to do with it. But the particulars of these stories, from slavery to segregation to civil rights and mass incarceration, are at the marrow of life in America today.
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Sheryl Lee
American Actor
My doctor suggested doing some blood tests and immediately discovered that my white blood cell count was low. So then I went through many more tests including bone marrow biopsies until they figured out that I had neutropenia.
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Thomas Merton
American Author
Death is someone you see very clearly with eyes in the center of your heart: eyes that see not by reacting to light, but by reacting to a kind of a chill from within the marrow of your own life.
Quote examples
D. H. Lawrence
English Writer
Oh literature, oh the glorious Art, how it preys upon the marrow in our bones. It scoops the stuffing out of us, and chucks us aside. Alas!
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Drew Barrymore
American Actress
If you're going to be alive and on this planet, you have to, like, suck the marrow out of every day and get the most out of it.
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Craig Sager
American Journalist
I will continue to keep fighting sucking the marrow out of life as life sucks the marrow out of me.
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Robin Coste Lewis
American Poet
I am an artist through to my marrow, which might be a curse and not necessarily a good thing.
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Sissy Spacek
American Actress
I hated country music growing up, but it gets in your bone marrow, kind of like a disease.
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Richard Mourdock
American Politician
I believe life is precious; I believe that to the marrow of my bones.
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Sid Waddell
British Entertainer
He's as cool as a prized marrow!
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