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bone marrow transplant

BOHN MAIR-oh TRANS-plant

boʊn ˈmæroʊ ˈtrænsplɑːnt

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bonemarrowtransplant

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medical procedure replacing diseased or damaged bone marrow with healthy stem cells that can restore blood cell production; used to treat leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma, and severe aplastic anemia; autologous transplants use the patient's own stored stem cells; allogeneic transplants use cells from a matched donor; also called a hematopoietic stem cell transplant

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