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The posterior part of the medulla oblongata. B. G. Wilder.

The superior vena cava. -- Præ"ca`val, a. B. G. Wilder.

The anterior horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain. B. G. Wilder.

The anterior nares. See Nares. B. G. Wilder.

The anterior part of the medulla oblongata. B. G. Wilder.

A lateral cavity of the prosencephalon; a lateral ventricle of the brain. B. G. Wilder.

The entire cavity of the prosencephalon. B. G. Wilder.

The fifth ventricle in the mammalian brain. See Ventricle. B. G. Wilder.

To be bewildered, or perplexed. A puzzling fool, that heeds nothing. L'Estrange.

The passage between the iter and optocoele in the brain. B. G. Wilder.

emote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.

ymbolically placed the sins of the people, after which he was suffered to escape into the wilderness. Lev. xvi. 10.

g; to score the back with a lash. Let us score their backs. Shak. A briar in that tangled wilderness Had scored her white right hand. M. Arnold.

Painful vivisection; -- opposed to callisection. B. G. Wilder.

solitary or lonely place; a desert or wilderness. In these deep solitudes and awful cells Where heavenly pensive contemplation dwells. Pope.

The whole axial portion of an animal, including the head, neck, trunk, and tail. B. G. Wilder.

Bewilderment; perplexity. [R.] Shak. Stomach staggers (Far.), distention of the stomach with food or gas, resulting in indigestion, frequently in death.

To astonish; to overpower; to bewilder. William was quite stunned at my discourse. De Foe.

That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume. "A wilderness of sweets." Milton.

The central canal of the spinal cord. B. G. Wilder.