Meanings
- obsoleteSpinal cord.
Whenever, in cases of the morbus mucosus, the vent of urine is impeded, or if the urine itself is morbid in quality, the result […] is that there is a sense of heat and pain in the medulla spinalis, which is opposite to the kidneys.
1825, John Fosbroke, Practical Observations on Certain Pathological Relations which Exist between the Kidneys and Other Organs of the Human Body
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike structure extending from the base of the brain through the vertebral canal to the upper lumbar region
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinmedulla spīnālis
- Latinmedulla spīnālis
- Englishmedulla spinalis
Borrowed from Latin medulla spīnālis.
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