medullation
/mɛdəˈleɪʃn/ /mɪˌdʌlˈeɪʃn/noun
1 Histology and Physiology = myelination. Compare medulla. Now rare.
2 Botany. The presence or development of a medulla in a stele; the condition of having such a medulla.
3The presence of a medulla in a hair or feather; the nature or size of the medulla in hairs; the condition of having medullated hairs; the degree to which the hairs (of an animal, type of wool, etc.) are medullated.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. From medulla + -ation.
- be (or get) lost in the shuffle
- be (or get) mixed up in
- be (or get) mixed up with
- be (or get) shut of
- be (or go) on the lash
- be (or go) on the piss
- be (or go) on the shicker
- be (or have a) down on
- be (or have something) written all over one (or one's face)
- be (or look) a picture
- be (or make) friends with
- be (or make) so bold (as to do something)
- be (or put oneself) in another person's shoes
- be (or stand) in awe of
- Beothuk
- be out of here (or there)
- be out of (or have gone out with) the ark
- be out on one's ear
- be over
- Beowulf
- be part and parcel of
- be party (or a party) to
- be poles apart
- be pushing up (the) daisies
- be put upon