medulla

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin medulla (pith, marrow), perhaps from medius (middle).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /məˈdʌlə/, /mɛdʌlə/, [məˈdɐlə], [mɛˈdɐlə]
  • (US) IPA(key): /məˈdulə/, [məˈdʉɫə]
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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medulla (plural medullas or medullae or medullæ)

  1. The soft inner part of something, especially the pith of a fruit.
  2. (anatomy) The inner substance of various organs and structures, especially the marrow of bones.
  3. (anatomy, neuroanatomy) The medulla oblongata.
  4. (botany) The internal tissue of a plant.

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Noun

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medulla (plural medullas)

  1. medulla

Latin

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Etymology

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Uncertain, perhaps related to Latin medius, or Proto-Indo-European *mosgʰos.

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Noun

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medulla f (genitive medullae); first declension

  1. (anatomy) bone marrow
  2. (figuratively) as the subjective location of the intense inner physical sensation of a heightened emotion, such as erotic passion
    • c. 84 BCE – 54 BCE, Catullus, 45 15-16:
      “Ut multō mihi maior ācriorque
      ignis mollibus ārdet in medullīs.”
      “So that a fire far more blazing may burn in my soft marrow.”
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.66-67:
      [...] Ēst mollis flamma medullās
      intereā, et tacitum vīvit sub pectore volnus.
      The flames consume her tender marrow all the while, and the silent wound dwells within her heart.

Declension

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative medulla medullae
genitive medullae medullārum
dative medullae medullīs
accusative medullam medullās
ablative medullā medullīs
vocative medulla medullae

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