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Definition of Olivary
1. a. Like an olive.
Definition of Olivary
1. Adjective. Shaped like an olive ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Olivary
1. shaped like an olive [adj]
Medical Definition of Olivary
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Olivary
Literary usage of Olivary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomy of the Nervous System from the Standpoint of Development and by Stephen Walter Ranson (1920)
"olivary Nuclei.—The oval prominence in the lateral area of the medulla, known as
the olive, is produced by the presence just beneath the surface of a large ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"This is called the olivary body. The posterior column comprises that portion
which is situated between the fibres of the origin of the glosso-pharyn- ">'.'. ..."
3. A Treatise on human physiology by John Call Dalton (1875)
"at this part, passing for some distance in a nearly vertical plane, and then
curving outward, to reach the furrow between the olivary bodies and the ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1869)
"According to his theory, the olivary bodies effect the bilateral movement of the
tongue by their action on the hypoglossal nuclei, because the actions of ..."
5. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1901)
"Transverse section through the medulla of new-born child at the level of the
lower part of the olivary eminence, stained by the ..."
6. The Gross and Minute Anatomy of the Central Nervous System by Hermon C. Gordinier (1899)
"the pyramids and ventrolateral to the anterior lamina of the olivary body.
Because of their relation to the anterior pyramids, they are sometimes called the ..."
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