Medulla

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The inner core of certain organs or body structures, such as the marrow of bone.
  • n. The medulla oblongata.
  • n. See myelin.
  • n. Botany The pith in the stems or roots of certain plants.
  • n. Botany The central portion of a thallus in certain lichens and red or brown algae.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The soft inner part of something, especially the pith of a fruit.
  • n. The inner substance of various organs and structures, especially the marrow of bones.
  • n. The medulla oblongata.
  • n. The internal tissue of a plant.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Marrow; pith; hence, essence.
  • n. The marrow of bones; the deep or inner portion of an organ or part; ; specifically, the medula oblongata.
  • n. A soft tissue, occupying the center of the stem or branch of a plant; pith.
  • n. See medulla oblongata.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In anatomy and zoology: Marrow. [Little used.]
  • n. The so-called spinal marrow; the spinal cord, or central axis of the nervous system; the myelon: more fully called medulla spinalis.
  • n. The hindmost segment of the brain, continuous with the spinal cord; the afterbrain or metencephalon; the oblongata: more fully called medulla oblongata.
  • n. The ventral ganglionic chain of the nervous system of some invertebrates, as Vermes, supposed to be analogous to the spinal cord of vertebrates.
  • n. The pith of a hair.
  • n. The myelin, or white and fatty covering of the axis-cylinder of a nerve.
  • n. In botany, the pith of plants.
  • n. The semi-fluid endosarc of a protozoön.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the inner part of an organ or structure in plant or animal
  • n. a white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers
  • n. lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata)
    • Hypernym
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    Variant
    medullae   
    Form
    medullary    medullar    medulloblastoma   
    Synonym
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    marrow    pith   
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