yellow bone marrow
- noun
- /ˈjɛloʊ boʊn ˈmɛroʊ/
- Specialized
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médula ósea amarilla
- With age, much of the red marrow is replaced by yellow bone marrow in the long bones.
Examples
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The yellow bone marrow is crucial for energy storage.
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Yellow bone marrow primarily functions as a fat store rather than in blood cell formation.
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Doctors examined the patient's yellow bone marrow to assess the impact of the treatment.
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In adults, yellow bone marrow replaces red marrow over time.
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Yellow bone marrow is responsible for yellow bone marrow storage in the human body.
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As people age, their red bone marrow gradually converts to yellow bone marrow.
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The doctor explained that yellow bone marrow mainly consists of adipocytes.
Synonyms
The soft material inside long bones of adults that is yellow because it stores fat
How Fatty
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward adjective + noun-noun combination: 'yellow' (a color) modifying 'bone marrow' (the tissue inside bones), so the meaning 'bone marrow that is yellow/in high fat content' is directly derivable from the parts. Although it is somewhat technical, the compositional pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would understand it.
Etymology
Yellow bone marrow comes from its look: the marrow inside long bones looks yellow because it stores fat. So it means the marrow that mainly acts as a 'fat store' rather than making 'blood cells'.
