macromyelon Anat.
(ˌmækrəʊˈmaɪɪlɒn)
[f. macro- + myelon.]
Owen's name for the medulla oblongata. Hence macroˈmyelonal a.
1846 Owen Lect. Anat. Vertebrate Anim. Contents 9 ‘Macromyelon’ or Medulla Oblongata. 1868 ― Anat. Vertebrates III. 83 The floor of the expanded macromyelonal canal. |