Definition of "medullae" []

• Plural form of medulla. (noun)

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• "Non Aetna, non Vesuvius tantis ardoribus aestuant, ac juveniles medullae vino plenae, addit"
• "The kidneys were uniformly pale with attenuated cortices and abscessation of the medullae."
• "The ripe and green fruit are placed round about the stem or trunk, from the lowermost leaves, where the ripe fruit are, and upwards almost to the top; the heart or inmost pithy part of the trunks is in a manner hollow, or at best consists of very thin porous medullae or membranes; the tree very seldom branches or divides into limbs, I believe never unless the top is by accident broken off when very young: I saw one which had two tops or heads, the stem of which divided near the earth."