midollo

Meaning

1. (masculine) marrow
2. (figuratively, in-plural, masculine) bones
3. (masculine) pith (whitish inner portion of the rind of citrus fruit)

Concepts

marrow

pith

medulla

bone marrow

mark

core

medulla oblongata

bulb

💡

pulp

spinal cord

Synonyms

midollo osseo

midolla

cervello

🧠

midollo spinale

midollo allungato

merollo

Translations

médula

moelle

medula

Mark

medul·la

tuétano

meollo

moelle osseuse

merg

moll

tutano

Knochenmark

μεδούλι

Hyphenated as

mi‧dól‧lo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/miˈdol.lo/

Etymology

From midolla, from Latin medulla, or through a Vulgar Latin form *medullum. Compare Spanish meollo, Portuguese miolo, Catalan moll, Sicilian miduḍḍa.