骨こつ髄ずい

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

bone marrow; medulla

anatomy

Anatomical term for the soft tissue inside bones.

骨こつ髄ずい移い植しょくは白はっ血けつ病びょうの

治ち

療りょう

に

用もち

い

られる

。

Bone marrow transplants are used to treat leukemia.

2

noun

heart's core; depths of one's heart

Figurative use for the innermost feelings or essence of a person.

その言こと葉ばは彼かれの骨こつ髄ずいに染しみ入いった。
Those words penetrated to the core of his being.

3

noun

main point; vital part

obsolete term

Obsolete sense for the essential or most important part of something.

古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、議ぎ論ろんの骨こつ髄ずいを突つくという表ひょう現げんが見みられる。
In old texts, one finds the expression 'to strike at the marrow of an argument'.

Usage patterns

骨こつ髄ずいを移い植しょくするto transplant bone marrow
白はっ血けつ病びょうの治ち療りょうのために骨こつ髄ずいを移い植しょくした。
They transplanted bone marrow to treat the leukemia.
骨こつ髄ずいバンクに登とう録ろくするto register with the bone marrow donor bank
彼かれは骨こつ髄ずいバンクに登とう録ろくしてドナーになった。
He registered with the bone marrow bank and became a donor.
骨こつ髄ずいを提てい供きょうするto donate bone marrow
多おおくの人ひとが骨こつ髄ずいを提てい供きょうして患かん者じゃを救すくっている。
Many people donate bone marrow to save patients.

Expressions

恨うらみ骨こつ髄ずいに徹てっするto bear a deep grudge; to feel resentment to the marrow

Kanji

骨skeleton, bone, remains
髄marrow, pith, essence

Related words

髄ずい sense 1
骨髄 specifically means the marrow inside bones, while 髄 is the broader term for marrow or pith that appears in many compounds like 脊髄 or 神髄.
神しん髄ずい sense 2
骨髄 can figuratively mean the depths of one's heart, whereas 神髄 refers to the essential core or true nature of something, often abstract like an art or philosophy.

Don't confuse with

脊せき髄ずい sense 1
骨髄 (bone marrow, inside bones) and 脊髄 (spinal cord, inside the spine) share the kanji 髄 and are often confused, but they are anatomically distinct structures.
神しん髄ずい
骨髄 shares the kanji 髄 with 真髄 but means the physical bone marrow inside bones, not an abstract essence.

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Etymology

Composed of 骨 (bone) and 髄 (marrow). The figurative senses derive from the idea of the innermost part.

骨こつ髄ずい抑よく制せい

bone marrow suppression; myelosuppression

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骨こつ髄ずい移い植しょく
bone marrow transplant
骨こつ髄ずい芽が球きゅう
myeloblast
骨こつ髄ずいバンク
bone marrow registry; bone marrow bank
骨こつ髄ずい線せん維い症しょう
myelofibrosis
急きゅう性せい骨こつ髄ずい性せい白はっ血けつ病びょう
acute myelocytic leukemia; AML
慢まん性せい骨こつ髄ずい性せい白はっ血けつ病びょう
chronic myelogenous leukemia; CML

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