bone-marrow transplant

[ bohn-mar-oh ]

noun

1. Surgery. a technique in which a small amount of bone marrow is withdrawn by a syringe from a donor's pelvic bone and injected into a patient whose ability to make new blood cells has been impaired by a disease, as anemia or cancer,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 by exposure to radiation.

bone marrow transplant

1. A technique in which bone marrow is transplanted from one individual to another, or removed from and transplanted to the same individual, in order to stimulate production of blood cells. It is used in the treatment of malignancies, certain forms of anemia, and immunologic deficiencies.

Example Sentences

It returned a second time, dangerously quick, and she needed a bone-marrow transplant.

From Seattle Times

Isola needed the bone-marrow transplant, and there wasn’t a fully matched donor in her family.

From Seattle Times

With a rare type of blood cancer, Dr Nick Embleton's only hope was a bone-marrow transplant.

From BBC

A bone-marrow transplant replaces damaged blood cells with healthy ones - but the body automatically rejects them unless they match.

From BBC

Sickle-cell disease can be cured with a bone-marrow transplant, but few patients have compatible donors.

From New York Times