medulla
Anatomy.
the marrow of the bones.
the soft, marrowlike center of an organ, as the kidney or adrenal gland.
Botany. the pith of plants.
Origin of medulla
1Words Nearby medulla
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How to use medulla in a sentence
There she studied how organic osmolytes protect the kidney medulla—the inner part of the kidney—from the high levels of salt there that would otherwise destroy DNA and proteins in its cells.
Pursuing discovery and diversity at the National Institutes of Health | Ken Shulman | June 30, 2021 | MIT Technology Reviewmedulla means “middle,” and refers to the center of the bone structure.
One of his works, his ‘medulla Theologiæ,’ I believe, adorned the walls of the paternal study.
East Anglia | J. Ewing RitchieThe actual performance of the action is then taken up by the cerebellum, medulla, and spinal ganglia.
A Civic Biology | George William HunterBut they were only stylized gestures leading to conditioned reflexes deep in the medulla.
The Sensitive Man | Poul William Anderson
Posteriorly is situated the hind-brain, now consisting of the medulla oblongata and cerebellum.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 | Francis Maitland BalfourIn Scyllium, however, indications appear in the hind-brain of its future division into a cerebellum and medulla oblongata.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 | Francis Maitland Balfour
British Dictionary definitions for medulla
/ (mɪˈdʌlə) /
anatomy
the innermost part of an organ or structure
short for medulla oblongata
botany another name for pith (def. 4)
Origin of medulla
1Derived forms of medulla
- medullary or medullar, adjective
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Scientific definitions for medulla
[ mĭ-dŭl′ə, mĭ-dōō′lə ]
The central portion of an anatomical structure, such as the adrenal gland or the kidney.
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