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Definition of Medullary

1. Adjective. Containing or consisting of or resembling bone marrow.

2. Adjective. Of or relating to the medulla oblongata.

3. Adjective. Of or relating to the medulla of any body part.

Definition of Medullary

1. a. Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, marrow or medulla.

Definition of Medullary

1. Adjective. (anatomy) Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, marrow or medulla. ¹

2. Adjective. (botany) Filled with spongy pith; pithy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Medullary

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Medullary

1. Pertaining to the marrow or to any medulla, resembling marrow. Origin: L. Medullaris This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Medullary

medulla medulla glandulae suprarenalis medulla nodi lymphatici medulla oblongata medulla of adrenal gland medulla of hair shaft medulla of kidney medulla of lymph node medulla ossium medulla ossium flava

medulla ossium rubra medulla renalis medulla spinalis medullae medullar medullary (current term) medullary arteries of brain medullary bone medullary callus medullary carcinoma

medullary cavity medullary centre medullary chemoreceptor medullary cone medullary cords medullary cystic disease medullary cystic kidney disease medullary folds medullary groove medullary laminae of thalamus

Literary usage of Medullary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"In the medullary portion the fibrous stroma seems to be collected together into a much closer arrangement, and forms bundles of connective tissue which are ..."

2. Observations on Man, His Frame, His Duty, and His Expectations by David Hartley (1834)
"We come, in the last place, to consider what active properties may belong to the small particles of the medullary substance, ie to the small particles which ..."

3. Observations on Man, His Frame, His Duty, and His Expectations by David Hartley (1834)
"The common doctrine concerning the powers of the nervous system supposes the fluid secreted by, and circulating through, the medullary substance to be of a ..."

4. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1897)
"It is only where the nerve has lost its medullary sheath that the nucleus ... The axis cylinder of the medullary nerve is precisely the same as the naked ..."

5. A Laboratory Text-book of Embryology by Charles Sedgwick Minot (1903)
"is a well-marked medullary groove in the cephalic region, the medullary plate behind that, and the primitive streak at the hind end of the embryo. ..."

6. The Development of the Chick: An Introduction to Embryology by Frank Rattray Lillie (1908)
"Origin of the medullary Cords. The medullary cords take their origin unquestionably ... The ingrowth of the sympathetic medullary cords does not, however, ..."

7. Diseases of the spinal cord by Byrom Bramwell (1886)
"EXTRA-medullary TUMORS. MORBID ANATOMY.—Tumors springing from the boues, membranes, or nerve roots, are more common than new formations of intra-medul- ry ..."

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