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Where does “medullary” come from?

Medullary comes from Latin medullāris, formed from Latin medulla meaning marrow, derived from Proto-Indo-European médʰyos meaning middle.

medullary (English): Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling,...

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling,...

Ancestry of “medullary”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmedullāris—

Words derived from “medullary”

  • intramedullary
  • extramedullary
  • corticomedullary
  • cervicomedullary
  • pontomedullary
  • adrenomedullary
  • juxtamedullary
  • cerebellomedullary
  • nonmedullary
  • cephalomedullary
  • intermedullary
  • cerebromedullary
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