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bone

[bohn] / boʊn /
NOUN
piece of animate skeleton
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Scientists have uncovered an unexpected way the immune system can attack cancer, a finding that challenges a long-standing principle in immunology and could lead to new approaches for cancer treatment and bone marrow transplantation.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

Dr Ernesto Maceira, a specialist who treated the Spaniard's foot, said the condition was caused by "abnormal forces that act on an immature bone" and attributed it to Nadal's intense training as a child.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

I have terrible hips — bursitis and everything — and they hurt so bad that I thought maybe I broke a bone or something.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

“Looksmaxxing” has men injecting themselves with unregulated peptides and hammering their jawlines, chiseling their own bone structure like Michelangelo with a front-facing camera.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

I had by this time lost all feeling in my feet and hands, but now the intense cold seemed to be seeping into my whole body, and chilling me to the bone.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo




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