Marrow in a sentence as a noun

They extracted bone marrow a few times from my brother for tests.

During those two weeks, a bone marrow biopsy was done.

Russell said the treatment worked in Erholtz, whose tumors were mostly in her bone marrow.

You donate blood, after which bone marrow cells are irradiated out.

A lot of times however, there is not even bone marrow taken directly from a donor.

My brother had a bone marrow/stem cell transplant a couple of years ago and I was a matching sibling able to donate.

\nIt's misinformation like this that cause people to sign up to donate, and then back out when they find out what they really have to do. Bone marrow donation is a surgery.

The hope here was for chemo to wipe out as much as it could in hopes of eliminating all traces of cancer in my bone marrow.

And then the guilt sets in where I begin to think 'Why am I ignoring the thousands of other people that likely need bone marrow too?

If you donate stem cells, they will replenish in your body automatically, and the same with bone marrow.

A couple of hours later the doctor had the results, her bone marrow which is what produces platelets and other blood components.

I've also had this procedure done to me, albeit in a lesser volume -- it's the same process used to perform bone marrow biopsies.

The medicine is given to start and activate the bone marrow into producing platelets.

30% of bone marrow donations are performed this way, and I believe it's usually due to restrictions of the recipient.

A bag of stem cells is then intravenously given to the patient which then makes its way to the bone cavities and starts growing new bone marrow.

Here's to hoping one day bone marrow registration gets easier/more accurate/more efficient, and more accepting.

Why would giving bone marrow be any different?Criticism of the bone-marrow donor sign up process should be welcomed.

A bone marrow biopsy that includes cutting a hole in the hip bone, and getting to center of the bone and extracting a sample of the sponge like tissue.

You get a shot for a few days that kicks up your normal bodily process of bone marrow production into overdrive, to the point where bone marrow cells enter your bloodstream.

I can understand your reasoning, but you need to remember that the key to bone marrow donation is getting as many people as possible on the register.

"At the time, the only way to donate marrow was to basically have someone drill holes in your bones and drain your skeleton, which kind of terrified me. Nowadays, of course, most donations require nothing more than sitting still for a few hours with an IV watching television.

The bone marrow was so suppressed from the medicine she had been religiously taking for the past 18 months, that her body has stopped producing platelets altogether.

A brief sketch of the argument for allowing bone marrow sales: the present law guarantees persistent market undersupply of bone marrow, which, with certainty, kills people.

Doctors use special, hollow needles to extract little bits of bone marrow from your hip, and because the needles are small it does require a lot of sticks to collect enough marrow for a transplant.

Due to the human body's natural resiliency, after chemo eventually the bone marrow would start to regenerate.

Trying to glean bone marrow information off of existing websites can be a very kludgey process, as several of the websites can be difficult to read/navigate.

It appears to not have been the post office that "did better than any phone provider would": > Did you know that, when the marrow donation center finds a > match, they try desperately to reach the potential donor?

And there's a bias in the registration process for ethnic minorities, simply because they are so underrepresented that there's funding in place to cover their $100 marrow processing fees.

In fact, as is mentioned towards the end of the article, by getting more people registered through this relatively high profile campaign he is increasing the chances of finding a match for others in need of a bone marrow transplant.

Whether it's because the chemotherapy is ineffective or specific DNA markers or whatever, there are times when the body's natural bone marrow is no longer effective in producing normal blood cells.

Marrow definitions

noun

the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones

noun

any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh

noun

very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones

noun

large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins

noun

the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"

See also: kernel substance core center centre essence gist heart inwardness