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Definitions: Medullary |
MedullaryAdjective1. Containing or consisting of or resembling bone marrow. 2. Of or relating to the medulla oblongata. 3. Of or relating to the medulla of any body part. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "medullary" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | Pertaining to the marrow or to any medulla; resembling marrow. (references) |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Softness | Flaccid, flocculent, downy; edematous, oedematous, medullary, argillaceous, mellow. |
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Crosswords: Medullary |
| English words defined with "medullary": arteria nutricia ♦ medulla, Medullar, Medullary groove, medullary ray, Medullary rays, medullary sheath, myelin, myeline, Myeloidin ♦ Neurenteric, Nonmedullated, nutrient artery ♦ Primitive groove ♦ Schwann's white substance, Silver grain. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "medullary": Antiemetics, Antitussive Agents ♦ Dextromethorphan ♦ Intralaminar Thalamic Nuclei ♦ Kidney Cortex Necrosis ♦ medullary spot ♦ Neoplasms, Ductal, Lobular, and Medullary, neuroendocrine tumor ♦ pseudocyphella, Pyramidal Tracts ♦ Ventral Thalamic Nuclei. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Medullary hemorrhage and necrosis.Credit: CDC. |
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Health | Other less common types of tumors that can produce ACTH are thymomas, pancreatic islet cell tumors, and medullary carcinomas of the thyroid. (references) | |
Other diseases and conditions associated with distal RTA include hyperparathyroidism, a hereditary form of deafness, analgesic nephropathy, rejection of a transplanted kidney, renal medullary cystic disease, obstructive uropathy, and chronic urinary tract infections. (references) | ||
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| "Medullary" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 88.89% of the time. "Medullary" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 88.89% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (singular) | 11.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "medullary": Encephaloid Medullary or Soft cancer ♦ Lateral Medullary Syndrome ♦ medullary cancer ♦ medullary groove ♦ medullary ray ♦ medullary rays ♦ medullary sheath ♦ medullary spot. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
medullary sponge kidney | 31 |
medullary carcinoma | 12 |
medullary thyroid carcinoma | 10 |
medullary thyroid cancer | 9 |
medullary | 5 |
medullary cancer | 5 |
breast cancer medullary | 4 |
medullary cystic disease | 4 |
breast carcinoma medullary | 3 |
lateral medullary syndrome | 3 |
medullary nephrocalcinosis | 3 |
carcinoma medullary renal | 2 |
medial medullary syndrome | 2 |
group medullary | 2 |
medullary thyroid | 2 |
cavity medullary | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "medullary"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | truri, palce. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نخاعي (marrowy), جماري ذو علاقة بلب النبات. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сърцевиден, мозъчен (brainy, encephalic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 髓心. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | morkový (marrowy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | medullaris, medullær, medullær, rygmarvs-, knoglemarvs-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | medullair. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | medullaarinen, selkäydin-, luuydin-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | moelleux (mellow, mellowness), médullaire, médullaire. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | medullär, Rückenmark-, Knochenmark-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μυελώδησ (marrowy, pithy), μυελώδης, μυελικός. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | velõ-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | midollare (medullar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | edullarymay medular (medullin), medula (core, marrow, marrow squash, quick), de medula. (various references) мозговой (cerebral, encephalic). (various references) moždinski. (various references) medular. (various references) medullarkräfta (cellular cancer, encephaloid cancer, medullary cancer, medullary carcinoma, spongiosum carcinoma), medullärt sarkom (medullary sarcoma), medullärkräfta (cellular cancer, encephaloid cancer, medullary cancer, medullary carcinoma, spongiosum carcinoma), märgkräfta (cellular cancer, encephaloid cancer, medullary cancer, medullary carcinoma, spongiosum carcinoma), märgfläck (medullary spot, pith fleck, pith ray fleck), märgcancer (cellular cancer, encephaloid cancer, medullary cancer, medullary carcinoma, spongiosum carcinoma). (various references) iliksi (marrowy), ilikli (marrowy). (various references) серцевинний, мозковий (encephalic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | medullaris. (various references) |
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| Words rhyming with "medullary" (pronounced 'Med"ul*la*ry'): Abbreviatory, Abditory, Abjuratory, Ablutionary, Absolutory, Absolvatory, Acceleratory, Acclamatory, Accusatory, Accustomary, Acetary, Acetimetry, Acidimetry, Acoumetry, Actino-chemistry, Actinometry, Actuary, Additionary, Additory, Adhortatory, Adiaphory, Adjuratory, Adjutory, Admaxillary, Adminiculary, Admissory, Admonitory, Adry, Adstrictory, Adulatory, Advisory, Advocatory, Aerometry, Affirmatory, Alary, Alchemistry, Alcoholometry, Alcoometry, Aldermanry, Aleatory, Aleberry, Alimentary, Alkalimetry, Allegory, Alleviatory, Allodiary, Allusory, Almonry, Almry, Altimetry. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-l-l-m-r-u-y" | |
-1 letter: medullar. | |
-2 letters: allured, medulla. | |
-3 letters: allude, allure, almude, aludel, aulder, dearly, dermal, dreamy, drumly, dually, duller, ladler, lamely, lauder, laurel, malled, marled, mauled, mauler, medlar, mulled, muller, mulley, rallye, really, remuda, rudely. | |
-4 letters: alder, alley, almud, armed, dally, deary, delay, delly, demur, deray, derma, dream, dully, dural, early, lader, ladle, lamed, lamer, lardy, larum. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-l-l-m-r-u-y" | |
+1 letter: dreamfully. | |
+2 letters: subdermally. | |
+3 letters: multilayered. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 65 64 75 6C 6C 61 72 79 |
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