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red bone marrow

red bone marrow

4.9
Soft, spongy part inside some bones that makes red blood cells
  • noun
  • /rɛd boʊn ˈmɛroʊ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : médula ósea roja
  • In healthy children, red bone marrow is present in most of their long bones.

Examples

  • The red bone marrow produces essential blood cells.

  • The doctor explained that red bone marrow is essential for producing new blood cells.

  • Diseases like leukemia can affect the red bone marrow and disrupt normal blood cell formation.

  • Children have more red bone marrow than adults.

  • The body relies on red bone marrow to produce red blood cells necessary for oxygen transport.

  • Doctors often examine red bone marrow to diagnose certain blood disorders.

  • In children, red bone marrow is abundant in many bones and crucial for blood cell production.

Synonyms

marrow
vsred bone marrow
129 6.4

The soft, fatty tissue inside bones that makes blood cells

is more specific naming tissue in certain bones making red blood cells
bone marrow
vsred bone marrow
  • Specialized
68 3.0

Soft, fatty part inside bones that makes blood cells for the body

is narrower referring only to tissue in certain bones producing red blood cells
red marrow
vsred bone marrow
  • Specialized
4.8

Soft part inside bones that makes red blood cells

is the same tissue but is written in a slightly longer form

How Fatty

yellow bone marrow
  • Specialized
6.1
red bone marrow
  • Specialized
4.9

Surface Forms

red bone marrow singular
red bone marrows plural

Morphology

red + bone + marrow

The meaning ('the spongy tissue in bones that produces blood cells and is red') is directly and compositionally derived from 'red' + 'bone' + 'marrow' because 'marrow' names the tissue, 'bone' locates it, and 'red' specifies the type. Although somewhat technical vocabulary, the modifier+noun+noun structure is regular and mirrored in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Red bone marrow is the soft, spongy tissue inside bones that looks red because it is full of blood. This marrow is where the body 'makes new red blood cells', so the name matches what it does.