médula

f.

1 core, pith.

2 spinal cord.

3 medulla, pith, marrow.

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médula

► nombre femenino

1 ANATOMÍA marrow

2 BOTÁNICA pith

3 figurado (esencia) core, heart

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FRASEOLOGÍA

hasta la médula to the marrow, through and through

médula espinal spinal cord

médula ósea bone marrow

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femenino

a) (Anat) marrow, medulla (tech)

me mojé hasta la médula — I got soaked to the skin

británico hasta la médula — British through and through

b) (de problema) heart

- médula espinal

- médula ósea

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= pith, marrow, core.

Ex. Rice paper is a non-fibrous, delicate paper made from the pith of a small tree found in Asia.

Ex. Platonic psychology considers the constitutive principle of the body to be the marrow.

Ex. The main list of index terms is the core of the thesaurus and defines the index language.

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* corrompido hasta la médula = rotten to the core.

* helado hasta la médula de los huesos = frozen to the bone, frozen to the marrow (of the bones), chilled to the bone, chilled to the marrow (of the bones).

* lesión de la médula espinal = spinal cord injury (SCI).

* médula espinal = spinal cord.

* médula espinal, la = spinal column, the.

* médula ósea = bone marrow.

* transplante de médula ósea = bone marrow transplant.

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femenino

a) (Anat) marrow, medulla (tech)

me mojé hasta la médula — I got soaked to the skin

británico hasta la médula — British through and through

b) (de problema) heart

- médula espinal

- médula ósea

* * *

= pith, marrow, core.

Ex: Rice paper is a non-fibrous, delicate paper made from the pith of a small tree found in Asia.

Ex: Platonic psychology considers the constitutive principle of the body to be the marrow.

Ex: The main list of index terms is the core of the thesaurus and defines the index language.

* corrompido hasta la médula = rotten to the core.

* helado hasta la médula de los huesos = frozen to the bone, frozen to the marrow (of the bones), chilled to the bone, chilled to the marrow (of the bones).

* lesión de la médula espinal = spinal cord injury (SCI).

* médula espinal = spinal cord.

* médula espinal, la = spinal column, the.

* médula ósea = bone marrow.

* transplante de médula ósea = bone marrow transplant.

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médula, medula

feminine

1 (Anat) marrow, medulla (tech)

me mojé hasta la médula I got soaked to the skin, I got soaked through

británico hasta la médula British through and through

estar hasta la médula de algn/algo (fam); to be fed up to the back teeth of sb/sth (colloq)

2 (Bot) pith

3 (de un problema) heart

hay que llegar hasta la médula de este asunto we must get to the heart of this matter

Compuestos:

● médula espinal

spinal cord

● médula oblonga

medulla oblongata

● médula ósea

bone marrow

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médula sustantivo femenino (Anat) marrow, medulla (tech);

◊ médula ósea bone marrow;

británico hasta la médula British through and through
médula sustantivo femenino
1 (de hueso, tallo) marrow
médula espinal, spinal cord
2 (núcleo, meollo) marrow, pith
♦ Locuciones: un caballero hasta la médula, a gentleman through and through
involucrado hasta la médula, involved up to the neck
mojado hasta la médula, soaked to the skin

'médula' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
espinal
- ósea
- óseo
- trasplante
English:
bone marrow
- marrow
- pith
- spinal cord
- through
- spinal

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médula nf

1. Anat (bone) marrow

Comp

médula espinal spinal cord;

médula oblongada medulla oblongata;

médula ósea bone marrow

2. [esencia] core;

Comp

hasta la médula: está metido hasta la médula en la organización del congreso he's very heavily involved in the organization of the conference;

es cuidadoso hasta la médula he's scrupulously careful;

un cocinero mediterráneo hasta la médula a chef who is Mediterranean through and through;

tuvo una actuación profesional hasta la médula she gave a thoroughly professional performance

3. Bot pith

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médula

f marrow;

hasta la médula fig through and through, to the core

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médula nf

1) : marrow, pith

2)

médula espinal : spinal cord