bulbar

bul·bar

[buhl-ber, -bahr]
adjective
of or pertaining to a bulb, especially to the medulla oblongata.

Origin:
1875–80; bulb + -ar1

non·bul·bar, adjective
post·bulb·ar, adjective
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bulbar (ˈbʌlbə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
chiefly anatomy of or relating to a bulb, esp the medulla oblongata

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Bulbar is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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bulbar bul·bar (bŭl'bər, -bär')
adj.

  1. Resembling or relating to a bulb.

  2. Relating to the rhombencephalon.

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