bulbar

English

Alternative forms

• bulbal

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^[1]:

     When she began to have trouble breathing, a sign of severe bulbar polio, she was taken by ambulance to another hospital.

Synonyms

• (medulla oblongata): medullary, oblongatal

Derived terms

• bulbar conjunctiva
• cervicobulbar
• corticobulbar
• epibulbar
• extrabulbar
• interbulbar
• intrabulbar
• nonbulbar
• parabulbar
• peribulbar
• pontobulbar
• postbulbar
• propriobulbar
• pseudobulbar
• pseudobulbar affect
• retrobulbar
• spinobulbar
• suprabulbar
• tectobulbar
• transbulbar
• tubulobulbar
• ventriculobulbar

 

Translations

Translations

• Italian: bulbare

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

Declension of bulbar

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	bulbar		bulbară	bulbari	bulbare
	definite	bulbarul		bulbara	bulbarii	bulbarele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	bulbar		bulbare	bulbari	bulbare
	definite	bulbarului		bulbarei	bulbarilor	bulbarelor

Spanish

Adjective

bulbar m or f (masculine and feminine plural bulbares)

1. bulbar

Further reading

• “bulbar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28