marrow donor

collocation in English

meaningsofmarrowanddonor

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marrow
noun
uk
/ˈmær.əʊ/us
/ˈmer.oʊ/
soft tissue containing a lot of fat in the centre of ...
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donor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdəʊ.nər/us
/ˈdoʊ.nɚ/
a person who gives some of their blood or a part of their body to help someone who ...
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(Definition ofmarrowanddonorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He even gets tested to see if he is a potential bonemarrowdonorfor him, but the results come back negative.
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They can not find a willing bonemarrowdonor.
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Kwon organized an intense nationwide bone marrow campaign in an effort to find a bonemarrowdonorfor his friend.
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Bone marrow donors are recruited through two organisations.
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I hope it will be possible to begin to establish a panel of bone marrow donors on a national basis within the next few months.
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Before the transplant can take place, volunteer bone marrow donors have to be screened so that a suitable compatible donor can be found.
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Emergency appeals for bone marrow donors seem to be made more often these days, and we even hear appeals, occasionally, for living organ donors.
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Regional transfusion centres are able to supply blood donors with information on how they can become bone marrow donors.
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The same day the singer is undergoing tests at the typing to be entered in the register of bone marrow donors.
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Such donors serve patients who do not have suitably matched bone marrow donors in their families.
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Although bone marrow is not an organ or a component of an organ, the act made paying bone marrow donors illegal.
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He was instrumental in creating a national registry for bone marrow donors in 1986.
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Although bone marrow is not an organ or a component of an organ, the act made paying bone marrow donors punishable by up to 5 years in prison.
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