Bulb of a tooth

Bulb of a tooth
Bulb Bulb (b[u^]lb), n. [L. bulbus, Gr. bolbo`s: cf. F. bulbe.] 1. (Bot.) A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed leaves, and producing, as it grows, a stem above, and roots below, as in the onion, tulip, etc. It differs from a corm in not being solid. [1913 Webster]

2. (Anat.) A name given to some parts that resemble in shape certain bulbous roots; as, the bulb of the aorta. [1913 Webster]

{Bulb of the eye}, the eyeball.

{Bulb of a hair}, the ``root,'' or part whence the hair originates.

{Bulb of the spinal cord}, the medulla oblongata, often called simply bulb.

{Bulb of a tooth}, the vascular and nervous papilla contained in the cavity of the tooth. [1913 Webster]

3. An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the bulb of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as spherical, cylindrical, curved, etc. --Tomlinson. [1913 Webster]

3. a {light bulb}. [1913 Webster]


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  • Bulb — (b[u^]lb), n. [L. bulbus, Gr. bolbo s: cf. F. bulbe.] 1. (Bot.) A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed leaves, and producing …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bulb of a hair — Bulb Bulb (b[u^]lb), n. [L. bulbus, Gr. bolbo s: cf. F. bulbe.] 1. (Bot.) A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed leaves, and …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bulb of the eye — Bulb Bulb (b[u^]lb), n. [L. bulbus, Gr. bolbo s: cf. F. bulbe.] 1. (Bot.) A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed leaves, and …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Bulb of the spinal cord — Bulb Bulb (b[u^]lb), n. [L. bulbus, Gr. bolbo s: cf. F. bulbe.] 1. (Bot.) A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed leaves, and …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bulb — 1. Any globular or fusiform structure. SYN: bulbus [TA]. 2. A short, vertical underground stem of plants, such as onion and garlic. [L. bulbus, a bulbous root] aortic b. [TA] the dilated first part of the aorta containing the aort …   Medical dictionary

  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease — A neuromuscular disease, the most common inherited disorder of peripheral nerves, characterized by progressively debilitating weakness. The disease is also called peroneal muscular atrophy and hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy. The foremost …   Medical dictionary

  • Root of a tooth — Root Root, n. [Icel. r[=o]t (for vr[=o]t); akin to E. wort, and perhaps to root to turn up the earth. See {Wort}.] 1. (Bot.) (a) The underground portion of a plant, whether a true root or a tuber, a bulb or rootstock, as in the potato, the onion …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • onion bulb — in neuropathology, a collection of overlapping Schwann cells resembling the bulb of an onion, encircling an axon that has become demyelinated; seen in progressive hypertrophic neuropathy and similar conditions that are characterized by repeated… …   Medical dictionary

  • bud — 1. An outgrowth that resembles the b. of a plant, usually pluripotential, and capable of differentiating and growing into a definitive structure. 2. To give rise to such an outgrowth. SEE ALSO: gemmation. 3. A small outgrowth from a parent cell;… …   Medical dictionary

  • mohpííkin — tooth; synonyms (n) palate, grain, nap, saw, stomach, tongue, liking, fiber, point, spicule, wire, apophysis, bulb, bump, clump, condyle, dagger, dorsum, elbow, knob, node, nodosity, nodule, process, (adj) nib, (v) bite …   Blackfoot - English thesaurus dictionary

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