noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bone marrow
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a bone marrow transplant
chill sb to the bone/chill sb to the marrow/chill sb’s blood (= frighten sb a lot )
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He jerked his head round and saw something that chilled his blood.
chilled to the bone/marrow (= extremely cold )
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Come and sit by the fire – you look chilled to the bone.
marrow bone
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
bone
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A child of Svetlana had desperately needed a bone marrow transplant.
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His only chance of survival was a bone marrow transplant.
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Chemotherapy worked on cancer but was destroying her bone marrow , so treatment had to be altered.
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The treatment was first tested in patients who received transplants of bone marrow .
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Are they floating aimlessly, or have they migrated to his bone marrow , where they belong?
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The generation of blood cells takes place primarily in the bone marrow and spleen.
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In adults, normal bone marrow contains largely fat and therefore has a high signal.
donor
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An international search for a bone marrow donor led to Janet Pope, a doctor's receptionist from Princes Risborough.
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The Anthony Nolan Research Centre manages the world's largest register of potential bone marrow donors .
transplant
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A child of Svetlana had desperately needed a bone marrow transplant .
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Growth hormones and bone marrow transplants have been tried with little gain, said Shapiro.
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His only chance of survival was a bone marrow transplant .
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He received two blood transfusions after a bone marrow transplant and wanted the name so he could sue the donor.
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D' ya think the City Hospital would do bone marrow transplant ?
■ VERB
chill
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Soaked to the skin and chilled to the marrow of her bones, she shivered uncontrollably.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Her mentor, Jim Teyechea, pushed Nogales' plight into the national spotlight, before he died of bone marrow cancer.
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If it was conditioning it was deep as her bones and marrow .
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My bone marrow was harvested a couple of weeks ago and the whole thing was a piece of cake.
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On May 29, a bone marrow test confirmed the worst.
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Other potential side effects of colchicine include bone marrow depression, hepatotoxicity, alopecia, neurologic disturbances, and renal damage.
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Radium is readily absorbed into the body where it concentrates in the bone marrow and gives off very damaging alpha particles.