Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

medulla spinalis en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin medulla spīnālis.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) Spinal cord.
    • Whenever, in cases of the morbus mucosus, the vent of urine is impeded, or if the urine itself is morbid in quality, the result […] is that there is a sense of heat and pain in the medulla spinalis, which is opposite to the kidneys. 1825, John Fosbroke, Practical Observations on Certain Pathological Relations which Exist between the Kidneys and Other Organs of the Human Body: