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‖ meditullium|mɛdɪˈtʌlɪəm|
[L., f. medi-us middle; the second element is prob. cogn. w. tellus earth.]
†1. The middle (of anything). Obs.
1611Coryat Crudities 396 Baden..lyeth in the very meditullium of Heluetia. 1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1677) 48 That Meditullium of the earth [India].
2. spec. The cellular or reticulated bony substance between the inner and outer laminæ of the cranium; = diploe 1. ? Obs.
1693tr. Blancard's Phys. Dict. (ed. 2), Meditullium, that Spungy Substance betwixt the Two Lamina [sic] of the Scull.
3. Bot. The interior parenchyma of the leaves and other parts of plants; = diploe 2.
1840Pereira Elem. Mat. Med. ii. 661 The meditullium has frequently a reddish tint. 1880Garrod & Baxter Mat. Med. 374 The roots are seen to consist of a cortex or rind, and a ligneous cord or meditullium inclosing the pith.
Hence † mediˈtullian a. Obs., pertaining to the middle (of the earth).
1670Pettus Fodinæ Reg. Introd., As if they were but the soft Products of those Meditullian Petrefactions. |