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medullary med·ul·lar·y

Spelling: [med-l-er-ee, mej-uh-ler-ee, muh- Medullary is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 369 anagrams from letters in medullary (adellmruy).

Definitions for medullary

adjective

1. pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling the medulla of an organ or the medulla oblongata.

Origin of medullary

First recorded in 1610-20; medull(a) + -ary

Examples for medullary

The medullary rays are broad, but not numerous in comparison with white oak.

A large part of the wood is formed by the medullary or pith rays.

The medullary rays are as large as those of white oak, but are few.

The medullary rays are minute, and of no value in giving figure to the wood.

The medullary rays are prominent, and show well in quarter-sawing.

The medullary rays are numerous, and for a softwood they are prominent.

Fig. 16 shows an Oak where the blotches of medullary rays are large.

The medullary rays are broad, in the heart black, in the sapwood white.

The medullary rays of redwood are thin and very obscure, but numerous.

medullary rays are numerous, but very thin and inconspicuous.