What is another word for medullated?

Pronunciation: [mˈɛdəlˌe͡ɪtɪd] (IPA)

Medullated is a word commonly used in the field of biology and anatomy to describe something that has a medulla or myelin sheath. Medullated nerve fibers are important for the transmission of nerve impulses but there are other words that can be used to describe this phenomenon. Some common synonyms for medullated include myelinated, medullary and neural. The term myelinated is often seen in scientific literature and is the preferred word when describing medullated nerve fibers. Medullary is a more general term that can be used to describe anything that has a medulla, such as the medullary bone in birds. Neural is a more descriptive term that can refer to anything related to the nerves or nervous system.

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What are the hypernyms for Medullated?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for medullated?

Medullated refers to being covered in myelin, the fatty coating that insulates nerve fibers. Its antonym would be unmyelinated, which means not covered in myelin. Unmyelinated nerves are slower than medullated nerves because they lack the insulating coating that allows for faster transmissions of information. Having unmyelinated nerves can mean that there are some areas in the body that do not receive adequate signals due to slow transmission. In the human body, the areas that typically have unmyelinated nerves are the autonomic nervous system and some parts of the peripheral nervous system.

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Usage examples for Medullated

As fibrils derived from non-medullated nerves terminate in small end-butts in connection with the capillary membrane, we may assume that the nuclei of the endothelial cells are under the sway of vaso-motor nerve currents, that weak ones will expand, strong ones contract them.
"On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote"
A. Mueller
The fibres concerned are non-medullated and regenerate comparatively quickly after injury, so that protopathic sensibility is regained before epicritic.
"Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition."
Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson
These sensations are carried by medullated nerve fibres, and are slow to return after injury to the nerves.
"Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition."
Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson

Related words: medulla, medullated nerve cell, neural tube, spinal cord

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