Thesaurus: medullary

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1. a. Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, marrow or medulla.
2. a. Pertaining to the medula oblongata.
3. a. Filled with spongy pith; pithy.
4. adj. containing or consisting of or resembling bone marrow
5. adj. of or relating to the medulla oblongata
6. adj. of or relating to the medulla of any body part
7. 1. (Anat.) (a) Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, marrow or medulla. (b) Pertaining to the medula oblongata. 2. (Bot.) Filled with spongy pith; pithy. Medullary groove (Anat.), a groove, in the epiblast of the vertebrate blastoderm, the edges of which unite, making a tube (the medullary canal) from which the brain and spinal cord are developed. -- Medullary rays (Bot.), the rays of cellular tissue seen in a transverse section of exogenous wood, which pass from the pith to the bark. -- Medullary sheath (Anat.), the layer of white semifluid substance (myelin), between the primitive sheath and axis cylinder of a medullated nerve fiber.
8. Filled with spongy pith; pithy. Medullary groove (Anat.), agroove, in the epiblast of the vertebrate blastoderm, the edges ofwhich unite, making a tube (the medullary canal) from which the brainand spinal cord are developed.-- Medullary rays (Bot.), the rays of cellular tissue seen in atransverse section of exogenous wood, which pass from the pith to thebark.-- Medullary sheath (Anat.), the layer of white semifluid substance(myelin), between the primitive sheath and axis cylinder of amedullated nerve fiber.
9. j:100 a. containing or consisting of or resembling bone marrow a. of or relating to the medulla oblongata a. of or relating to the medulla of any body part