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bone

[bohn] / boʊn /
NOUN
piece of animate skeleton
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Several factors appear to drive this decline, including accumulated cellular damage, changes in gene activity, chronic low-level inflammation, and shifts in the bone marrow environment.

From Science Daily • Apr. 16, 2026

Her book, “Survivor: Taking Charge of Your Fight Against Cancer,” an account of her fight against leukemia and bone marrow transplant, was published in October 1998 by Simon & Schuster.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Despite his insistence that he was healthy fairly soon after he suffered a left knee hyperextension and bone bruise March 15, Antetokounmpo didn’t play in the last 15 games of the season.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

The researchers found no trace of the virus in samples of the man's blood, gut and bone marrow.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

The unnatural warmth that reverberated through his skin to his bone.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young




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