bulbar

Adjective

Meaning

Of or pertaining to bulb; especially, in medicine, pertaining to the bulb of the spinal cord, or medulla oblongata; as, bulbar paralysis.

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bulbar paralysis Source: Internet

Clinicians frequently think of the symptoms of botulism in terms of a classic triad: bulbar palsy and descending paralysis, lack of fever, and clear senses and mental status ("clear sensorium"). citation Infant botulism Infant with botulism. Source: Internet

Bulbospinal polio Approximately 19% of all paralytic polio cases have both bulbar and spinal symptoms; this subtype is called respiratory or bulbospinal polio. Source: Internet

In Yang et al.'s assessment of the bulbs' anatomy, they conclude that the bulbs "arch over the distal urethra, outlining what might be appropriately called the 'bulbar urethra' in women." Source: Internet

Weakness of the bulbar muscles (muscles of the mouth and throat) is occasionally encountered. Source: Internet

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