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marrow

[ UK /mˈæɹə‍ʊ/ ]
[ US /ˈmɛɹoʊ/ ]
NOUN
  1. very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones
  2. large elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins
  3. the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
    the gist of the prosecutor's argument
    the nub of the story
    the heart and soul of the Republican Party
  4. the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones
  5. any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh
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  • The percentages of aneuploid bone marrow leukocytes were higher than those of aneuploid sperm for the two upper THH dose groups and for the positive control group.
  • The book devotes 30 pages to cucurbits, from giant pumpkins through marrows, zucchinis and cucumbers to back-scratching loofahs.
  • The chemotherapeutic equivalent of that surgical assault—of eviscerating the body and replacing it with an implant—was a procedure known as autologous bone marrow transplant, or ABMT, which roared into national and international prominence in the mid-1980s. The Emperor of All Maladies
  • I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life!
  • Other findings include disseminated intravascular coagulation, bone marrow aplasia with leukopenia and thrombocytopenia, elevated liver enzyme values, hypocalcemia, hyponatremia and rhabdomyolysis. Colchicine Poisoning
  • A search for a suitable bone marrow or umbilical cord donor for Garrett is under way.
  • This was Gerard's account of the Cucumber, while of the Cucumber Pompion, which was evidently our Vegetable Marrow, and of which he has described and figured the variety which we now call the Custard Marrow, he says, "it maketh a man apt and ready to fall into the disease called the colericke passion, and of some the felonie. The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare
  • He serves short ribs, potatoes, fried bone marrow, corn puree and pickled sea beans glasswort. Top Chef All Stars Ep. 12: A Final Five!
  • I am just wondering -- my mom has multiple myeloma, which is a bone-marrow cancer. CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Curing What Ails You in the New Millennium - January 4, 2000
  • It was so cold that he felt frozen to the marrow.
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