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bulbar
[ buhl-ber, -bahr ]
/ ˈbʌl bər, -bɑr /
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adjective
of or relating to a bulb, especially to the medulla oblongata.
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How to use bulbar in a sentence
In our view, however, they are simply spasms provoked by irritation on the centrifugal path of a reflex bulbar arc.
Tics and Their Treatment|Henry MeigneBulbar Depression—the depression left from the bulb of percussion when a blade or flake is struck from a core.
Handbook of Alabama Archaeology: Part I Point Types|James W. CambronThe appropriate movements constitute the spontaneous reaction to afferent impulses; they are simple bulbar reflexes.
Tics and Their Treatment|Henry Meigne
British Dictionary definitions for bulbar
bulbar
/ (ˈbʌlbə) /
adjective
mainly anatomy of or relating to a bulb, esp the medulla oblongata
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Medical definitions for bulbar
bulbar
[ bŭl′bər, -bär′ ]
adj.
Resembling or relating to a bulb.
Relating to the rhombencephalon.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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