nucha

nucha [Ar. nuḵā‛] 1 (anat). marrow of spinal cord. nervus quidem precisus et ~a similesque casus partes inferiores reddunt insensibiles Alf. Angl. Cor 8. 9; mediante ~a [Trevisa:be mene of þe rigge bon]i medulla spinali que est in spondylibus dorsi Bart. Angl. III 12; per medullam spine dorsi que a physicis ~a dicitur Ib. III 22 p. 75; a cerebro iterum oritur nuca, id est spinalis medulla Ric. Med. Anat. 218; sperma ‥ per urinales vias et ~am ad virgam descendit Gilb. VII 283. 2; est radix cerebrum: cerebro, mediante medulla, / respondet nucha servat et illa modum; / recte respondent nuche spondilia Garl. Epith. VI 274–5; †micha [l. nucha] dicitur medulla ossium spondilium SB 30; a medulla spinae (~a barbaris dicitur) D. Edw. Anat. C iv.

2 nucha, ~us [Ar. nuqra] 2 (anat.) nape of the neck. 1198 eum vulneravit super ~um suum CurR I 63; fiat scapularum scarificatio vel in ~a Gilb. II 115v. 2; a ~a versus dorsum Gad. 13v. 1; epar compatitur renibus, ‥ cerebro, nucce, coxe, pedi Ib. 30. 2; Ib. 71 v. 1 (v. 1 galea 1c); ~a, A. the hole of the polle WW.