Definitions for "Marrow" Add To Word List
Login or Register  | Word Lists | Search History

The tissue which fills the cavities of most bones; the medulla. In the larger cavities it is commonly very fatty, but in the smaller cavities it is much less fatty, and red or reddish in color.
Helpful?           0
To fill with, or as with, marrow or fat; to glut.
Helpful?           0
soft, spongelike material in the cavities within bone; red marrow produces blood cells; yellow marrow is formed mainly of fatty tissue and has no blood-producing function
Helpful?           0
A soft highly vascular modified connective tissue that occupies the cavities and cancellous part of most bones.
Helpful?           0