médula

See also: medula

Spanish

Alternative forms

medula

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin medulla. Doublet of meollo, inherited from a Vulgar Latin derivative.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmedula/ [ˈme.ð̞u.la]
Rhymes: -edula
Syllabification: mé‧du‧la

Noun

médula f (plural médulas)

(anatomy) marrow
Synonyms: tuétano, meollo, sustancia, caracú
(anatomy) medulla
(botany) pith
Synonym: tuétano

Derived terms

Related terms

medular

Further reading

“médula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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