† macromyelonn.
Anatomy. Obsolete. rare.
R. Owen's name for: the medulla oblongata.
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marrowa1398
medulla oblongata1668
medulla1722
oblongated marrow1822
macromyelon1846
myelencephalon1871
1846 R. Owen Lect. Compar. Anat. Vertebr. Animals Contents 9 ‘Macromyelon’ or Medulla Oblongata.
1868 R. Owen On Anat. Vertebr. III. 83 They expand as they enter the macromyelon, and form the ‘post-pyramidal bodies’.
Derivatives
macromyelonal adj.
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medullar?1541
medullary1649
olivary1844
macromyelonal1868
supraspinal1878
oblongatal1885
myelencephalic1890
1868 R. Owen On Anat. Vertebr. III. 83 The floor of the expanded macromyelonal canal.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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