BONE-MARROW TRANSPLANT Definition & Meaning

bone-marrow transplant

[ bohn-mar-oh ]

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 a technique in which a small amount of bone marrow is withdrawn by a syringe from a donor's pelvic bone and injected into a patient whose ability to make new blood cells has been impaired by a disease, as anemia or cancer,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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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