oblongata

[ ob-lawng-gah-tuh, -long- ]

noun

, plural ob·long·a·tas, ob·long·a·tae [ob-lawng-, gah, -tee, -long-].

1. medulla oblongata.

Other Words From

• preob·lon·gata noun plural preoblongatas preoblongatae

Word History and Origins

Origin of oblongata¹

< New Latin: literally, oblong; -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Posteriorly is situated the hind-brain, now consisting of the medulla oblongata and cerebellum.

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In Scyllium, however, indications appear in the hind-brain of its future division into a cerebellum and medulla oblongata.

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It reduces the librarian to a medulla oblongata, so far as I am able to understand the psychology of the situation.

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And, on the other hand, the vertical strands are notably increased in their passage through the field of the medulla oblongata.

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The medulla oblongata with its reticular ganglion seems to be the great rhythmic centre.

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