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Medulla

noun

(pl. medullae, medullas)

A white fatty substance that forms a medullary sheath around the axis cylinder of some nerve fibers. Synonyms: myelin, myeline.

Lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; ('bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata). Synonyms: bulb, medulla oblongata.

The inner part of an organ or structure in plant or animal.

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... central marrow (medulla centralis) is the real organ of psychic action in the narrower sense. However we conceive the intimate connection of this organ and its functions, it is certain that its characteristic actions, which we call sensation, will, ...

— The Evolution of Man, V.2 • Ernst Haeckel

... again," said he. "It is the great restorative. Your nerves are shaken. Some little congestion of the medulla and pons. It is always instructive to reduce psychic or emotional conditions to their physical equivalents. You feel that your anchor is still firm in a bottom of ...

— Round the Red Lamp - Being Facts and Fancies of Medical Life • Arthur Conan Doyle

Words linked to "Medulla" : brainstem, neural structure, respiratory center, brain stem, animal tissue, fat, myelin sheath, plant tissue, brain-stem, cortex