Definition of Medullated

1. Adjective. (of neurons) covered with a layer of myelin.

Exact synonyms: Myelinated
Partainyms: Medulla, Myelin
Antonyms: Unmyelinated

Definition of Medullated

1. a. Furnished with a medulla or marrow, or with a medullary sheath; as, a medullated nerve fiber.

Definition of Medullated

1. Adjective. (anatomy) myelinated ¹

2. Adjective. (anatomy) Having a medulla ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Medullated

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Medullated

1. Furnished with a medulla or marrow, or with a medullary sheath; as, a medullated nerve fibre. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Medullated

medullary plate
medullary pyramid
medullary ray
medullary sarcoma
medullary sheath
medullary space
medullary spinal arteries
medullary sponge kidney
medullary stria of thalamus
medullary striae of fourth ventricle
medullary substance
medullary teniae
medullary tube
medullas
medullate
medullated (current term)
medullated nerve fiber
medullated nerve fibre
medullation
medullectomy
medullin
medullization
medullo-
medulloarthritis
medulloblastoma
medullocell
medulloepithelioma
medullomyoblastoma
medullæ
medusa

Literary usage of Medullated

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

1. The Journal of Physiology by Physiological Society (Great Britain). (1896)
"SOME account of the medullated fibres of the grey rami of the ... I came to the conclusion that the great majority of the small medullated fibres in the ..."

2. Microscopical Morphology of the Animal Body in Health and Disease by Carl Heitzmann (1882)
"These fibers exhibit on their surface a number of oblong nuclei, and they have often a delicate sheath, kindred to the axis-cylinder sheath of medullated ..."

3. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1891)
"Besides the medullated nerve fibres described in § 68, there are in most nerves going to muscles a few and in some nerves, going to other parts, ..."

4. A Text Book of Physiology by Michael Foster (1893)
"Besides the medullated nerve fibres described in § 68, there are in most nerves going to muscles a few and in some nerves, going to other parts, ..."

5. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1915)
"It contains non-medullated fibers in considerable numbers; but these are much ... The recurrent nerve contains an area of large medullated fibers destined ..."

6. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1915)
"While the vagus and sympathetic nerves are intimately associated in the neck, it is clear that no considerable part of the non-medullated fibers of the ..."

7. A Text-book of Histology by Frederick Randolph Bailey (1906)
"These are subdivided into non-medullated axones without a ... B, medullated Nerve Fibre from Human Cauda Equina (X 700) (technic 4, p. ..."

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