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medullated

American  
[med-l-ey-tid, mej-uh-ley-, muh-duhl-ey-tid] / ˈmɛd lˌeɪ tɪd, ˈmɛdʒ əˌleɪ-, məˈdʌl eɪ tɪd /

adjective

Anatomy.
  1. myelinated.


medullated British  
/ mɪˈdʌl-, ˈmɛdəˌleɪtɪd /

adjective

  1. anatomy encased in a myelin sheath

  2. having a medulla

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of medullated

First recorded in 1865–70; medull(a) + -ate 1 + -ed 2

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In addition to the radially arranged bundles of fibres, networks are formed by the interlacement with them of large numbers of fine medullated fibres running tangentially to the surface.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

The nerve-fibre process becomes a medullated fibre of the white matter.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

This medullated sheath is interrupted at the nodes of Ranvier, and in each internode is a nucleus lying between the myelin and the neurolemma.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson

In the medulla, the unmedullated neurones which comprise the center of the cord are passing to the outside, and the medullated to the inside, thus taking the positions they occupy in the cerebrum.

From The Mind and Its Education by George Herbert Betts

It is about an inch and a quarter long, and is composed of both medullated and unmedullated fibers—that is of both "white" and "gray" matter.

From The Mind and Its Education by George Herbert Betts

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