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Bone marrow   /boʊn mˈɛroʊ/   Listen
Bone marrow

noun
1.
The fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones.  Synonym: marrow.
2.
Very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones.  Synonym: marrow.



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... The diameter of the individuals was found to be one one-thousandth of a millimeter. If I ventured to express myself so I might say that in this case at least the osteomyelitis was really a furuncle of the bone marrow. [Footnote: This has been demonstrated, as is well known.—Translator.] It is undoubtedly easy to induce osteomyelitis ...
— The Harvard Classics Volume 38 - Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) • Various


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