medullated

1. 1.

   (of neurons) covered with a layer of myelin

   Synonymsmyelinated

Questions about medullated

What does medullated mean?

medullated means "(of neurons) covered with a layer of myelin".

How many syllables are in medullated?

medullated has 4 syllables and divides as me-dul-la-ted under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for medullated?

Close synonyms include myelinated. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is medullated a common word?

medullated is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.