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bone marrow

/ˈbəʊn ˌmæɹəʊ/US/ˈboʊn ˌmɛɚoʊ/

bone marrow noun: the fatty vascular tissue that fills the cavities of bones, being the place where new blood cells are produced.

bone marrow: the fatty vascular tissue that fills the cavities of bones, being the place where new blood cells...
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Noun

bone marrow (usually uncountable, plural bone marrows)

  1. (usually) The fatty vascular tissue that fills the cavities of bones, being the place where new blood cells are produced.

bone marrow meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu

bone marrow in Hindi

bone marrow
अस्थि मज्जा asthi majjā, मज्जा majjā

bone marrow in Tamil

bone marrow
எலும்பு மச்சை elumpu maccai

bone marrow in Bengali

bone marrow
অস্থি মজ্জা osthi mojja

bone marrow in Telugu

bone marrow
ఎముక మజ్జ emuka majja
More languagesFewer languages
bone marrow in Malayalam
അസ്ഥിമജ്ജ asthimajja
bone marrow in Kannada
ಎಲುಬು ಮಜ್ಜೆ elubu majje
bone marrow in Tagalog
bulalo, utik
bone marrow in Arabic
نُخَاع nuḵāʕ, نُخَاع العَظْم nuḵāʕ al-ʕaẓm, نِقْي niqy, نِقْي اَلْعَظْم niqy al-ʕaẓm
bone marrow in Malay
sumsum tulang
bone marrow in Indonesian
sumsum tulang
bone marrow in Persian
مغز استخوان maġz-e ostoxân
bone marrow in Thai
ไขกระดูก kǎi-grà-dùuk
bone marrow in Vietnamese
tủy xương
bone marrow in Myanmar
ရိုးတွင်းခြင်ဆီ rui:twang:hkranghci

Forms of bone marrow

pluralbone marrows
alternative formbonemarrow

Questions about bone marrow

What does bone marrow mean?
Bone marrow means the fatty vascular tissue that fills the cavities of bones, being the place where new blood cells are produced.
What is bone marrow in Hindi?
Bone marrow in Hindi is अस्थि मज्जा (asthi majjā), मज्जा (majjā). See Bone marrow meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is bone marrow?
Bone marrow is a noun.
How do you pronounce bone marrow?
Bone marrow is pronounced /ˈbəʊn ˌmæɹəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of bone marrow?
The plural of bone marrow is bone marrows.

Words near bone marrow in the dictionary

  1. bone in one's body
  2. bone in the throat
  3. bone lace
  4. bone laces
  5. bone loss
  6. bone marrow
  7. bone marrows
  8. bone meal
  9. bone meals
  10. bone mineral densities
  11. bone mineral density

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