See Also: segmenta medullae spinalis(medicine)
segmenta medullae spinalis sacralia(medicine)
segmenta medullae spinalis thoracica(medicine)
segmenta medullae spinalis lumbaria(medicine)
segmenta medullae spinalis coccygea(medicine)
segmenta medullae spinalis cervicalia(medicine)
funiculi medullae spinalis(medicine)
canalis centralis medullae spinalis(medicine)
pars sacralis medullae spinalis(medicine)
pars cervicalis medullae spinalis(medicine)

segmenta medullae spinalis cervicalia (medicine) and pomegranate (iou)


segmenta medullae spinalis cervicalia (medicine)


segmenta medullae spinalis cervicalia -->
cervical segments of spinal cord


The eight cervical segments [C1-C8] of the spinal cord which give rise to the eight pairs of cervical spinal nerves and constitute the cervical part of the spinal cord.

Synonym: segmenta medullae spinalis cervicalia.


pomegranate (iou)



pomegranate noun & adjective. ME.
[Old French pome grenate, pome garnate, etc., pome (see POME noun1) apple, grenate (mod. grenade) pomegranate, from Proto-Romance var. of Latin (malum) granatum lit. 'apple having many seeds'.]
A. noun.
a. The large roundish fruit of the tree Punica granatum (family Punicaceae), with a golden or orange red-tinged leathery rind and numerous seeds, each surrounded by a somewhat acid reddish pulp. ME.
b. The tree which bears this fruit, native to SW Asia and widely naturalized in the Mediterranean area. Also pomegranate tree. LME.
c. The colour of the pomegranate, a yellowish red. L19.
A carved or embroidered representation of a pomegranate. LME.
[For Jimmy Grant, immigrant.] = POMMY noun1. Austral. obsolete exc. Hist. E20.
b. adjective. Of the colour of the pomegranate, yellowish red. M19.