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- Medulla - n. - Marrow; pith; hence, essence.
- Medulla - n. - The marrow of bones; the deep or inner portion of an organ or part; as, the medulla, or medullary substance, of the kidney; specifically, the medula oblongata.
- Medulla - n. - A soft tissue, occupying the center of the stem or branch of a plant; pith.
- Medullar - a. - See Medullary.
- Medullary - a. - Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, marrow or medulla.
- Medullary - a. - Pertaining to the medula oblongata.
- Medullary - a. - Filled with spongy pith; pithy.
- Medullated - a. - Furnished with a medulla or marrow, or with a medullary sheath; as, a medullated nerve fiber.
- Crus - n. - Often applied, especially in the plural, to parts which are supposed to resemble a pair of legs; as, the crura of the diaphragm, a pair of muscles attached to it; crura cerebri, two bundles of nerve fibers in the base of the brain, connecting the medulla and the forebrain.
- Oblongatal - a. - Of or pertaining to the medulla oblongata; medullar.
- Medullated - a. - Furnished with a medulla or marrow, or with a medullary sheath; as, a medullated nerve fiber.
- Postoblongata - n. - The posterior part of the medulla oblongata.
- Pons - n. - A bridge; -- applied to several parts which connect others, but especially to the pons Varolii, a prominent band of nervous tissue situated on the ventral side of the medulla oblongata and connected at each side with the hemispheres of the cerebellum; the mesocephalon. See Brain.
- Nonmedullated - a. - Not medullated; (Anat.) without a medulla or marrow, or without a medullary sheath; as, a nonmedullated nerve fiber.
- Preoblongata - n. - The anterior part of the medulla oblongata.
- Oblongata - n. - The medulla oblongata.
- Bulbar - a. - Of or pertaining to bulb; especially, in medicine, pertaining to the bulb of the spinal cord, or medulla oblongata; as, bulbar paralysis.