BulbWordNet Explorer

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noun

something less than the whole of a human artifact

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thermometer consisting of mercury contained in a bulb at the bottom of a graduated sealed glass capillary tube marked in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit; mercury expands with a rise in temperature causing a thin thread of mercury to rise in the tube

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a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids

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electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity

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a lamp powered by electricity

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a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current

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a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement

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lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata)

Words in this synset: medulla_oblongata, medulla

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