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MARROW
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones
Synonyms:
bone marrow; marrow
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("marrow" is a kind of...):
connective tissue (tissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "marrow"):
red bone marrow; red marrow (bone marrow of children and some adult bones that is required for the formation of red blood cells)
yellow bone marrow; yellow marrow (bone marrow that is yellow with fat; found at the ends of long bones in adults)
Holonyms ("marrow" is a part of...):
bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)
immune system (a system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
Example:
the nub of the story
Synonyms:
center; centre; core; essence; gist; heart; heart and soul; inwardness; kernel; marrow; meat; nitty-gritty; nub; pith; substance; sum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("marrow" is a kind of...):
cognitive content; content; mental object (the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "marrow"):
bare bones ((plural) the most basic facts or elements)
hypostasis ((metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality)
haecceity; quiddity (the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other)
quintessence (the purest and most concentrated essence of something)
stuff (a critically important or characteristic component)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins
Synonyms:
marrow; vegetable marrow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("marrow" is a kind of...):
summer squash (any of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during the summer; eaten while immature and before seeds and rind harden)
Holonyms ("marrow" is a part of...):
marrow; marrow squash; vegetable marrow (any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones
Synonyms:
bone marrow; marrow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("marrow" is a kind of...):
dainty; delicacy; goody; kickshaw; treat (something considered choice to eat)
Holonyms ("marrow" is a part of...):
marrowbone (a bone containing edible marrow; used especially in flavoring soup)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh
Synonyms:
marrow; marrow squash; vegetable marrow
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("marrow" is a kind of...):
Cucurbita pepo melopepo; summer squash; summer squash vine (any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden)
Meronyms (parts of "marrow"):
marrow; vegetable marrow (large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "marrow"):
courgette; zucchini (marrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small)
cocozelle; Italian vegetable marrow (squash plant having dark green fruit with skin mottled with light green or yellow)
Context examples:
A type of acute myeloid leukemia, a quickly progressing disease in which too many immature blood-forming cells are found in the blood and bone marrow.
(Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia with t(15;17)(q22;q12); PML/RARA, NCI Dictionary)
I was wet and chilled to the marrow, till I felt more dead than alive.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
So in this study, the researchers explored further to see if these particles might move from bone marrow into peripheral circulation.
(Bone-Like Particles Found Travelling through Human Bloodstream, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A type of immune cell that is made in the bone marrow and travels through the blood to tissues in the body where it becomes a macrophage.
(Monocyte, NCI Dictionary)
In time, myeloma cells collect in the bone marrow and in the solid parts of bones.
(Multiple Myeloma, NIH: National Cancer Institute)
Mozobil is given together with granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) to help move stem cells from the bone marrow to the blood.
(Mozobil, NCI Dictionary)
A relative measurement (ratio or percentage) of the monocytes to total cells in a biological specimen (for example a bone marrow specimen).
(Monocytes to Total Cell Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
Past studies have shown that tumor cells can be detected in blood and bone marrow by searching for tumor-specific gene sequences.
(Tumor DNA in Blood Reveals Lymphoma Progression, NIH)
A monoclonal antibody used to purge leukemia cells from bone marrow.
(Monoclonal Antibody MDX-22, NCI Thesaurus)
Blood stem cells found in the circulation after being stimulated to leave the bone marrow, usually by treatment with a cytokine or other drug.
(Mobilized Peripheral Blood Stem Cell, NCI Thesaurus)
