bone marrow transplant — ▪ medicine Introduction the transfer of bone marrow from a healthy donor to a recipient whose own bone marrow is affected by disease. Bone marrow transplant may be used to treat aplastic anemia; sickle cell anemia; various malignant diseases of… … Universalium
bone-marrow transplant — /bohn mar oh/ Surg. a technique in which a small amount of bone marrow is withdrawn by a syringe from a donor s pelvic bone and injected into a patient whose ability to make new blood cells has been impaired by a disease, as anemia or cancer, or… … Useful english dictionary
Bone marrow — Simplified illustration of cells in bone marrow. Latin medulla ossium Code TA … Wikipedia
bone marrow — bone .marrow n [U] the soft substance in the hollow centre of bones = ↑marrow ▪ a bone marrow transplant … Dictionary of contemporary English
bone marrow — N UNCOUNT Bone marrow is the soft fatty substance inside human or animal bones. There are 2,000 children worldwide who need a bone marrow transplant. Syn: marrow … English dictionary
bone marrow — noun the soft substance in the hollow centre of bones; marrow (1): a bone marrow transplant … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Bone Marrow Donors Worldwide — Infobox Company | company name = Bone Marrow Donors Worldwide company type = Non profit foundation = Leiden, NL (1986) location = Leiden, NL industry = Health Care homepage = [http://www.BMDW.org www.BMDW.org] Bone Marrow Donors Worldwide (BMDW)… … Wikipedia
bone marrow — noun Bone marrow is used before these nouns: ↑donor, ↑transplant … Collocations dictionary
Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research — Center for International Blood Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR) 350px Type Private Research Firm Industry Research Founded Milwaukee, WI (July 1, 2004) Minneapolis, MN (July 1, 2004) Founder(s) Dr. Mary M. Horowitz Dr. Dennis L. Confer … Wikipedia
Transplant rejection — Classification and external resources Micrograph showing lung transplant rejection. Lung biopsy. H E stain. ICD … Wikipedia