oblongata

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

/ ˌɒb lɔŋˈgɑ tə, -lɒŋ- /

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<New Latin: literally, oblong; see -ate¹

pre·ob·lon·ga·ta, noun, plural pre·ob·lon·ga·tas, pre·ob·lon·ga·tae.

Posteriorly is situated the hind-brain, now consisting of the medulla oblongata and cerebellum.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1|Francis Maitland Balfour
In 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
It reduces the librarian to a medulla oblongata, so far as I am able to understand the psychology of the situation.
Papers and Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Library Association Held at Ottawa, Canada June 26-July 2, 1912|Various
And, on the other hand, the vertical strands are notably increased in their passage through the field of the medulla oblongata.
Degeneracy|Eugene S. Talbot

The medulla oblongata with its reticular ganglion seems to be the great rhythmic centre.
Degeneracy|Eugene S. Talbot

oblongata

[ ŏb′lŏng-gā′tə, -gä′tə ]

The medulla oblongata.