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The lower portion of the brainstem.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the medulla oblongata is the most vital part of the brain because it contains centers controlling breathing and heart functioning
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: medulla, bulb
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: neural structure
From New Latin medulla (“inner part, marrow, pith”) and New Latin oblongata (“elongated, oblong”).
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
نُخَاع مُسْتَطِيل
(nuḵāʕ mustaṭīl)
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Arabic:
بَصَلَة سِيسَائِيَّة
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Armenian:
երկարավուն ուղեղ
(erkaravun uġeġ)
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Catalan:
bulb raquidi
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Catalan:
medul·la oblonga
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Chinese Cantonese:
延腦 /延脑
(jin4 nou5)
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Chinese Cantonese:
延髓
(jin4 seoi5)
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Chinese Mandarin:
延腦 /延脑
(yánnǎo)
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Chinese Mandarin:
延髓
(yánsuǐ)
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Czech:
prodloužená mícha
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Dutch:
medulla oblongata
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Dutch:
verlengde merg
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Esperanto:
mjela plilongigo
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Finnish:
ydinjatke
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Galician:
medula oblonga
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Greek:
προμήκης μυελός
(promíkis myelós)
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Greek:
μυελεγκέφαλος
(myelegkéfalos)
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Hungarian:
nyúltvelő
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Hungarian:
nyúltagy
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Icelandic:
mænukylfa
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Japanese:
延髄
(enzui)
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Kalmyk:
утулң экн
(utulñ ekn)
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Kazakh:
сопақша ми
(sopaqşa mi)
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Korean:
숨뇌
(sumnoe)
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Korean:
연수
(yeonsu)
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Northern Kurdish:
lakêşemox
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Polish:
rdzeń przedłużony
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Russian:
продолгова́тый мозг
(prodolgovátyj mozg)
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Spanish:
médula oblonga
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Spanish:
médula oblongada
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Spanish:
bulbo raquídeo
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Swedish:
förlängda märgen
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Turkish:
soğanilik
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Turkish:
omurilik soğanı
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Ukrainian:
довга́стий мо́зок
(dovhástyj mózok)
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Uyghur:
يىلىك
(yilik)
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Vietnamese:
hành não
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Welsh:
medwla oblongata
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Welsh:
y craidd hir
— lower portion of the brainstem
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Welsh:
y craidd hirgul
— lower portion of the brainstem
