- red marrow
- noun Date: 1900 bone marrow b
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red marrow
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red marrow — n BONE MARROW (b) * * * medulla ossium rubra … Medical dictionary
red marrow — noun bone marrow of children and some adult bones that is required for the formation of red blood cells • Syn: ↑red bone marrow • Hypernyms: ↑marrow, ↑bone marrow * * * noun : marrow 1a(2) … Useful english dictionary
red bone marrow — noun bone marrow of children and some adult bones that is required for the formation of red blood cells • Syn: ↑red marrow • Hypernyms: ↑marrow, ↑bone marrow … Useful english dictionary
Marrow (comics) — Marrow Marrow, detail from the cover to X Men #70 Publication information Publisher Marvel Comics … Wikipedia
Marrow — Mar row, n. [OE. marou, mary, maruh, AS. mearg, mearh; akin to OS. marg, D. merg, G. Mark, OHG. marg, marag, Icel. mergr, Sw. merg, Dan. marv, Skr. majjan; cf. Skr. majj to sink, L. mergere. [root]274 Cf. {Merge}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Anat.) The… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Marrow squash — Marrow Mar row, n. [OE. marou, mary, maruh, AS. mearg, mearh; akin to OS. marg, D. merg, G. Mark, OHG. marg, marag, Icel. mergr, Sw. merg, Dan. marv, Skr. majjan; cf. Skr. majj to sink, L. mergere. [root]274 Cf. {Merge}.] [1913 Webster] 1.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
red bone marrow — n BONE MARROW (b) … Medical dictionary
Red blood cell — Human red blood cells (6 8μm) Red blood cells (abbreviated RBCs; also referred to as erythrocytes or simply, as red cells[1]) are the most common type of blood cell and the vertebrate organism s principal means of delivering oxygen (O2) to the… … Wikipedia
Marrow — The bone marrow. * * * 1. A highly cellular hematopoietic connective tissue filling the medullary cavities and spongy epiphyses of bones; it becomes predominantly fatty with age, particularly in the long bones of the limbs. 2. Any soft gelatinous … Medical dictionary
bone marrow — marrow the tissue contained within the internal cavities of the bones. At birth, these cavities are filled entirely with blood forming myeloid tissue (red marrow) but in later life the marrow in the limb bones is replaced by fat (yellow marrow).… … The new mediacal dictionary
