red marrow

noun

: bone marrow sense b

Examples of red marrow in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Radiologists who studied the MRIs found that girls with anorexia had very high fat content in their knees and less than half as much healthy red marrow. —Smriti Rao, Discover Magazine, 10 Feb. 2010

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Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of red marrow was in 1900

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red marrow

noun
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red marrow

noun
: bone marrow sense b
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