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noun
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nounlower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (‘bulb’ is an old term for medulla oblongata)
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Origin
- New Latinoblongata“elongated, oblong”
- New Latinmedulla“inner part, marrow, pith”
- Englishmedulla oblongata
From New Latin medulla (“inner part, marrow, pith”) and New Latin oblongata (“elongated, oblong”).
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Arabic نُخَاع مُسْتَطِيل, بَصَلَة سِيسَائِيَّة
- نُخَاع مُسْتَطِيل (nuḵāʕ mustaṭīl)lower portion of the brainstem
- بَصَلَة سِيسَائِيَّةlower portion of the brainstem
Catalan bulb raquidi, medul·la oblonga
- bulb raquidilower portion of the brainstem
- medul·la oblongalower portion of the brainstem
Chinese Cantonese 延腦 /延脑, 延髓
- 延腦 /延脑 (jin⁴ nou⁵)lower portion of the brainstem
- 延髓 (jin⁴ seoi⁵)lower portion of the brainstem
Chinese Mandarin 延腦 /延脑, 延髓
- 延腦 /延脑 (yánnǎo)lower portion of the brainstem
- 延髓 (yánsuǐ)lower portion of the brainstem
Czech prodloužená mícha
- prodloužená míchalower portion of the brainstem
Dutch medulla oblongata, verlengde merg
- medulla oblongatalower portion of the brainstem
- verlengde merglower portion of the brainstem
Esperanto mjela plilongigo
- mjela plilongigolower portion of the brainstem
Finnish ydinjatke
- ydinjatkelower portion of the brainstem
Greek προμήκης μυελός, μυελεγκέφαλος
- προμήκης μυελός (promíkis myelós)lower portion of the brainstem
- μυελεγκέφαλος (myelegkéfalos)lower portion of the brainstem
Hungarian nyúltvelő, nyúltagy
- nyúltvelőlower portion of the brainstem
- nyúltagylower portion of the brainstem
Icelandic mænukylfa
- mænukylfalower portion of the brainstem
Japanese 延髄
- 延髄 (enzui)lower portion of the brainstem
Korean 숨뇌, 연수
- 숨뇌 (sumnoe)lower portion of the brainstem
- 연수 (yeonsu)lower portion of the brainstem
Polish rdzeń przedłużony
- rdzeń przedłużonylower portion of the brainstem
Russian продолгова́тый мозг
- продолгова́тый мозг (prodolgovátyj mozg)lower portion of the brainstem
Spanish médula oblonga, médula oblongada
- médula oblongalower portion of the brainstem
- médula oblongadalower portion of the brainstem
- bulbo raquídeolower portion of the brainstem
Swedish förlängda märgen
- förlängda märgenlower portion of the brainstem
Turkish soğanilik, omurilik soğanı
- soğaniliklower portion of the brainstem
- omurilik soğanılower portion of the brainstem
Ukrainian довга́стий мо́зок
- довга́стий мо́зок (dovhástyj mózok)lower portion of the brainstem
Vietnamese hành não
- hành nãolower portion of the brainstem
Welsh medwla oblongata, y craidd hir
- medwla oblongatalower portion of the brainstem
- y craidd hirlower portion of the brainstem
- y craidd hirgullower portion of the brainstem
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medulla oblongata. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medulla%20oblongata
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“medulla oblongata.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medulla%20oblongata. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “medulla oblongata,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medulla%20oblongata.
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