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Marrow — Mar row, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Marrowed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Marrowing}.] To fill with, or as with, marrow or fat; to glut. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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
Fat embolism — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 4766 ICD10 = ICD10|O|88|8|o|85, ICD10|T|79|1|t|79 ICD9 = ICD9|673.8, ICD9|958.1 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 652 MeshID = D004620 A fat embolism is a type… … Wikipedia
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
Bone marrow — Simplified illustration of cells in bone marrow. Latin medulla ossium Code TA … Wikipedia
bone marrow — n a soft highly vascular modified connective tissue that occupies the cavities and cancellous part of most bones and occurs in two forms: a) a whitish or yellowish bone marrow consisting chiefly of fat cells and predominating in the cavities of… … Medical dictionary
bone marrow — marrow1 (def. 1). * * * or myeloid tissue Soft, gelatinous tissue that fills bone cavities. Red bone marrow contains stem cells, progenitor cells, percursor cells, and functional blood cells (see reticuloendothelial system). Lymphocytes mature in … Universalium
yellow marrow — noun bone marrow that is yellow with fat; found at the ends of long bones in adults • Syn: ↑yellow bone marrow • Hypernyms: ↑marrow, ↑bone marrow * * * noun see marrow I … Useful english dictionary
yellow bone marrow — noun bone marrow that is yellow with fat; found at the ends of long bones in adults • Syn: ↑yellow marrow • Hypernyms: ↑marrow, ↑bone marrow … Useful english dictionary
bone marrow — noun Date: 1893 a soft highly vascular modified connective tissue that occupies the cavities of most bones and occurs in two forms: a. one that is yellowish, consists chiefly of fat cells, and is found especially in the cavities of long bones b.… … New Collegiate Dictionary
