medula

See also: médula

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin medulla. Doublet of miolo, inherited from a Vulgar Latin derivative.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈdu.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈdu.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈdu.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈdu.lɐ/ [mɨˈðu.lɐ]

• Hyphenation: me‧du‧la

Noun

medula f (plural medulas)

1. (uncountable) marrow (substance inside bones)

   Synonym: tutano

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈdula/ [meˈð̞u.la]
• Rhymes: -ula
• Syllabification: me‧du‧la

Noun

medula f (plural medulas)

1. Alternative form of médula

Derived terms

• medula espinal
• medula oblonga, medula oblongada
• medula ósea

Further reading

• “medula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28