Part 6928

<h1>Medley</h1> <Xpage=908>

<hw>Med"ley</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Mixed; of mixed material or color.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "A <i>medl\'8a coat</i>."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Mingled; confused.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Medly</h1> <Xpage=908>

<hw>Med"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>See <er>Medle</er>.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>M\'82doc</h1> <Xpage=908>

<hw>M\'82`doc"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Mayduke</er>.]</ety> <def>A class of claret wines, including several varieties, from the district of M\'82doc in the department of Gironde.</def>

<h1>Medregal</h1> <Xpage=908>

<hw>Med"re*gal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Bonito</er>, 3.</def>

<h1>Medrick</h1> <Xpage=908>

<hw>Med"rick</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A species of gull or tern.</def> <mark>[Prov.]</mark>

<i>Lowell.</i>

<h1>Medulla</h1> <Xpage=908>

<hw>Me*dul"la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Marrow; pith; hence, essence.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The marrow of bones; the deep or inner portion of an organ or part; <as>as, the <ex>medulla</ex>, or medullary substance, of the kidney</as>; specifically, the medula oblongata.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A soft tissue, occupying the center of the stem or branch of a plant; pith.</def>

<cs><col>Medulla oblongata</col>. <ety>[L., oblong medulla]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>the posterior part of the brain connected with the spinal cord. It includes all the hindbrain except the cerebellum and pons, and from it a large part of the cranial nerves arise. It controls very largely respiration, circulation, swallowing, and other functions, and is the most vital part of the brain; -- called also <altname>bulb of the spinal cord</altname>. See <er>Brain</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Medullar</h1> <Xpage=908>

<hw>Me*dul"lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Medullary</er>.</def>

<h1>Medullary</h1> <Xpage=908>

<hw>Med"ul*la*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>medullaris</ets>, fr. <ets>medulla</ets> marrow: cf. F. <ets>m\'82dullaire</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, marrow or medulla.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Pertaining to the medula oblongata.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Filled with spongy pith; pithy.</def>

<cs><col>Medullary groove</col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>a groove, in the epiblast of the vertebrate blastoderm, the edges of which unite, making a tube (the medullary canal) from which the brain and spinal cord are developed.</cd> -- <col>Medullary rays</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the rays of cellular tissue seen in a transverse section of exogenous wood, which pass from the pith to the bark.</cd> -- <col>Medullary sheath</col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>the layer of white semifluid substance (myelin), between the primitive sheath and axis cylinder of a medullated nerve fiber.</cd></cs>

<h1>Medullated</h1> <Xpage=908>