medullary
adjective
, ˈme-jə-
; mə-ˈdə-lə-rē
\
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The diagnosis: bilateral adrenal medullary hyperplasia. — Ryan Prior, CNN, "This college dropout was bedridden for 11 years. Then he invented a surgery and cured himself," 27 July 2019 Avimaia is also thought to preserve medullary bone. — Michael Greshko, National Geographic, "In a first, fossil bird found with unlaid egg," 20 Mar. 2019 There was only a single complete response recorded in the LOXO-292 study in a medullary thyroid cancer patients. — Adam Feuerstein, STAT, "Loxo Oncology shows high tumor response rates with second genetically targeted cancer drug," 2 June 2018 The mutation is also found in 60 percent of medullary thyroid cancers. — Adam Feuerstein, STAT, "Loxo Oncology shows high tumor response rates with second genetically targeted cancer drug," 2 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'medullary.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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medullary
adjective
, ˈmej-ə-ˌler-ē; mə-ˈdəl-ə-rē
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