What it means
Usually short for bone marrowbone MAIR-ohThe soft, spongy tissue inside bones that makes blood cells.Full entry . Red marrow, found in flat bones such as the hip bones, breastbone and spine in adults, makes red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. Yellow marrow, mostly in the long bones, is fat. In the spinal cord, "marrow" was the old word for the cord itself.
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Related terms
bone marrow
The soft, spongy tissue inside bones that makes blood cells.
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A word ending that means making or forming.