medula

See also: médula

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(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)

(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)

Alternative form of médula

Derived terms

Further reading

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

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