Word Meanings - POSTOBLONGATA - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The posterior part of the medulla oblongata. B. G. Wilder.

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• MEDULLARY
  Filled with spongy pith; pithy. Medullary groove , a groove, in the epiblast of the vertebrate blastoderm, the edges of which unite, making a tube from which the brain and spinal cord are developed. -- Medullary rays , the rays of
• MEDULLA
  The marrow of bones; the deep or inner portion of an organ or part; as, the medulla, or medullary substance, of the kidney; specifically, the medula oblongata. (more info) 1. Marrow; pith; hence, essence. Milton.
• POSTERIORLY
  Subsequently in time; also, behind in position.
• WILDERNESS
  1. A tract of land, or a region, uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; a wild; a waste; a desert; a pathless waste of any kind. The wat'ry wilderness yields no supply. Waller. 2. A disorderly or
• MEDULLATED
  Furnished with a medulla or marrow, or with a medullary sheath; as, a medullated nerve fiber.
• WILDER
  To bewilder; to perplex. Long lost and wildered in the maze of fate. Pope. Again the wildered fancy dreams Of spouting fountains, frozen as they rose. Bryant. (more info) bewildered, villa to bewilder; cf. AS. wildor a wild animal. See
• POSTERIORITY
  The state of being later or subsequent; as, posteriority of time, or of an event; -- opposed to priority.
• WILDERMENT
  The state of being bewildered; confusion; bewilderment. And snatched her breathless from beneath This wilderment of wreck and death. Moore.
• POSTERIORS
  The hinder parts, as of an animal's body. Swift.
• MEDULLAR
  See MEDULLARY
• OBLONGATAL
  Of or pertaining to the medulla oblongata; medullar.
• WILDERING
  A plant growing in a state of nature; especially, one which has run wild, or escaped from cultivation.
• OBLONGATA
  The medulla oblongata. B. G. Wilder.
• POSTERIOR
  At or toward the caudal extremity; caudal; -- in human anatomy often used for dorsal. (more info) 1. Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior. Hesiod was posterior to Homer. Broome. 2.
• BEWILDER
  To lead into perplexity or confusion, as for want of a plain path; to perplex with mazes; or in general, to perplex or confuse greatly. Lost and bewildered in the fruitless search. Addison. Syn. -- To perplex; puzzle; entangle; confuse; confound;
• BEWILDERING
  Causing bewilderment or great perplexity; as, bewildering difficulties. -- Be*wil"der*ing*ly, adv.
• BEWILDERMENT
  1. The state of being bewildered. 2. A bewildering tangle or confusion. He . . . soon lost all traces of it amid bewilderment of tree trunks and underbrush. Hawthorne.
• POSTOBLONGATA
  The posterior part of the medulla oblongata. B. G. Wilder.
• BEWILDERED
  Greatly perplexed; as, a bewildered mind.
• PREOBLONGATA
  The anterior part of the medulla oblongata. B. G. Wilder.
• A POSTERIORI
  Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from effects. This is the reverse of a priori reasoning.
• BEWILDEREDNESS
  The state of being bewildered; bewilderment.