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With drawal through a special needle of a sample of bone marrow tissue for examination, especially in the diagnosis of certain blood disorders and malignancies.Procedure to remove red bone marrow from the posterior iliac crest of the hipbone.Removal of bone marrow from the breast bone or hip bone by aspiration through a needle. The blood cells produced by the bone marrow are evaluated as to number, appearance, development, and presence of infection. Done when leukemia, anemia, or other disease affecting the bone marrow is suspected.