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bone

noun as in piece of animate skeleton

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Every moment, the bone marrow generates millions of fresh blood and immune cells.

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However an innocuous collision with Queensland Reds' Jock Campbell in the team's second tour match, left Daly's right forearm with a fracture running the length of the bone.

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It’s a Wednesday morning in August and Dr. Anas Hourani and his two colleagues are washing bones.

Tano’s thumb touches my forehead, and a current of cold shoots up my spine, like the world’s biggest ice pack has been applied directly to the bone.

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Behind the windburn, Edward Ashton’s cheeks were bone white, and his black eyes glittered with fever.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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