RED MARROW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does red marrow mean? 

• RED MARROW (noun)
  The noun RED MARROW has 1 sense:

1. bone marrow of children and some adult bones that is required for the formation of red blood cells

  Familiarity information: RED MARROW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RED MARROW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bone marrow of children and some adult bones that is required for the formation of red blood cells

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

red bone marrow; red marrow

Hypernyms ("red marrow" is a kind of...):

bone marrow; marrow (the fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones)