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Medullary

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective Medullary has 3 senses

medullary(a = adj.pert) Array - containing or consisting of or resembling bone marrow; Array

medullary(a = adj.pert) Array - of or relating to the medulla oblongata; Array

Derived form noun

medulla₂

medullary(a = adj.pert) Array - of or relating to the medulla of any body part; Array

Derived form noun

medulla₃

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Medullary, a. [L. medullaris, fr. medulla marrow: cf. F. médullaire.].

Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, marrow or medulla. [1913 Webster]
Filled with spongy pith; pithy. [1913 Webster]

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.

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ROGET THESAURUS

Medullary

Softness

N softness, pliableness, flexibility, pliancy, pliability, sequacity, malleability, ductility, tractility, extendibility, extensibility, plasticity, inelasticity, flaccidity, laxity, penetrability, clay, wax, butter, dough, pudding, alumina, argil, cushion, pillow, feather bed, down, padding, wadding, foam, mollification, softening, soft, tender, supple, pliant, pliable, flexible, flexile, lithe, lithesome, lissom, limber, plastic, ductile, tractile, tractable, malleable, extensile, sequacious, inelastic, aluminous, remollient, yielding, flabby, limp, flimsy, doughy, spongy, penetrable, foamy, cushiony, flaccid, flocculent, downy, edematous, oedematous, medullary, argillaceous, mellow, soft as butter, soft as down, soft as silk, yielding as wax, tender as chicken.

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