Dictionary of Cancer Terms
View in Spanish: Trasplante alogénico de médula ósea
Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (A-loh-jeh-NAY-ik bone MAYR-oh tranz-plan-TAY-shun)
A procedure in which a person receives stem cells (cells from which all blood cells develop) from a genetically similar, but not identical, donor.
Source: National Cancer Institute Dictionary of Cancer Terms, available at www.cancer.gov/dictionary.