medullary
/məˈdʌləɹi/
medullary adjective: relating to bone marrow.
Adjective
medullary (not comparable)
- Relating to bone marrow.
- Synonyms:
- medullo-
- Relating to the medulla oblongata.
- Synonyms:
- medullo-, bulbar, oblongatal
- Relating to the spinal cord.
- Synonyms:
- medullo-
- Relating to the renal medulla.
- Synonyms:
- medullo-
- Relating to pith.
- Synonyms:
- medullo-
medullary meaning in Tamil
medullary in Tamil
- அகணியின், மச்சையில், மையவிழையத்துக்குரிய
Examples of medullary in a sentence
- In many vertebrates, the neurenteric canal connects the medullary tube and the primitive intestine.
- In bone, they are either in the medullary canal or occasionally transarticularly in an adjacent metaphysis .
- Rift sawn planks shrink about one half of those cut tangentially, due to the restraining action of medullary rays.
Synonyms of medullary
Forms of medullary
| alternative form | medullar |
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Origin of medullary
From Classical Latin medullāris. By surface analysis, medulla + -ary.
Words formed from medullary
- adrenomedullary
- centromedullary
- cephalomedullary
- cerebellomedullary
- cerebromedullary
- cervicomedullary
- circummedullary
- corticomedullary
- craniomedullary
- endomedullary
- extramedullary
- intermedullary
- intramedullary
- juxtamedullary
- medial medullary syndrome
- medullary ray
- medullary sheath
- medullary spot
- nonmedullary
- perimedullary
- pontomedullary
- renomedullary
- spinomedullary
- splenomedullary
- supramedullary
- transmedullary
Phrases with medullary
Questions about medullary
- What does medullary mean?
- Medullary means relating to bone marrow.
- What is medullary in Tamil?
- Medullary in Tamil is அகணியின், மச்சையில், மையவிழையத்துக்குரிய. See Medullary meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is medullary?
- Medullary is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce medullary?
- Medullary is pronounced /məˈdʌləɹi/.
Words near medullary in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: medullary (page history and authors); medullary (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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