bulbar

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English

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Etymology

From bulb +‎ -ar.

Adjective

bulbar (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or having the form of a bulb; used especially of the medulla oblongata.
    • 2009 January 27, Barron H. Lerner, “A Life Changed but Not Destroyed by Polio”, in New York Times:
      When she began to have trouble breathing, a sign of severe bulbar polio, she was taken by ambulance to another hospital.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bulbaire.

Adjective

bulbar m or n (feminine singular bulbară, masculine plural bulbari, feminine and neuter plural bulbare)

  1. bulbar

Declension

Spanish

Adjective

bulbar m or f (masculine and feminine plural bulbares)

  1. bulbar

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