BONE MARROW


Meaning of BONE MARROW in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1893

: a soft highly vascular modified connective tissue that occupies the cavities of most bones and occurs in two forms:

a. : one that is yellowish, consists chiefly of fat cells, and is found especially in the cavities of long bones

b. : one that is reddish, is the chief site of blood cell formation, and occurs in the normal adult in cancellous tissue especially of certain flat bones — called also red marrow

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.