oblongata

[ ob-lawng-gah-tuh, -long- ]

noun

, plural ob·long·a·tas, ob·long·a·tae [ob-lawng-, gah, -tee, -long-].

1. medulla oblongata.

Other Words From

• preob·lon·gata noun plural preoblongatas preoblongatae

Word History and Origins

Origin of oblongata¹

< New Latin: literally, oblong; -ate ¹

Example Sentences

The library nearly resembles the shape of a brain, with the entrance being the medulla oblongata and the robust flooring as the cerebellum.

From Los Angeles Times

Another part of the brain, the medulla oblongata, gets in touch with the heart, which increases its rate and the amount of blood pumped per beat.

From Science Magazine

But, for as much as Vicky can teach her kids about a medulla oblongata, science is a means to an end.

From Los Angeles Times

For years I've had so many factoid stuffed in my head, I think — I'm not sure where my medulla oblongata is, but I think that's the part that's been sore for all these years.

From Salon

One of the evening’s performers, Erykah Badu — also known by her creative aliases Medulla Oblongata, Sarah Bellum, Analog Girl in a Digital World and Lowdown Loretta Brown — won the Grammy award for best R&B album in 1997 with her breakout effort, “Baduizm.”

From New York Times