blood-forming tissue
nounUK /ˈblʌdˌfɔːmɪŋ ˈtɪʃuː/
US /ˈblʌdˌfɔːrmɪŋ ˈtɪʃuː/
Blood-forming tissue is the soft stuff inside your bones that makes new blood for your body.
The doctor explained that blood-forming tissue in the marrow keeps making fresh red blood cells.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The spongy tissue inside bones where blood cells are produced.
Blood-forming tissue fills the hollow centers of long bones.
3. Tissue that can develop into any of the different kinds of blood cells.
Scientists study blood-forming tissue to understand how leukemia starts.
4. A medical term for the body's blood cell factory.
When blood-forming tissue is damaged, a person may need a transplant.