Definitions for medulla

medulla me·dul·la

Spelling: [muh-duhl-uh]
IPA: /məˈdʌl ə/

Medulla is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 149 anagrams from letters in medulla (adellmu).

Definitions for medulla

noun

  1. Anatomy. the marrow of the bones. the soft, marrowlike center of an organ, as the kidney or adrenal gland. medulla oblongata.
  2. Botany. the pith of plants.

Origin of medulla

1635-45; Latin: marrow, pith

Examples for medulla

Why is the medulla such an important part of the nervous system?

It reduces the librarian to a medulla oblongata, so far as I am able to understand the psychology of the situation.

So much is to be inferred from the stimulant action of tobacco upon the medulla.

At the moment of death the medulla oblongata is always rabic.

Mrs. medulla opened the door at this unfortunate moment, and walked in.

Let him swear by his instincts more, and live with his medulla oblongata.

But Toro showed "mucho fuego" before he was so neatly pierced in the medulla.

medullary, belonging to, or of the nature of, pith (medulla); pithy.

The pith or medulla of the stem and branches of a leguminous tree (a species of Centrolobium) growing in Brazil.

"He is the son of our new neighbor, Mrs. medulla," Bee informed him.

Word Value for medulla
Scrable

10

Words with friends

14

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