Associations to the word «Mammillary»
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MAMMILLARY, adjective. Resembling a breast or nipple in shape or form.
MAMMILLARY, adjective. Pertaining to the nipples.
MAMMILLARY, noun. (geology) (speleology) A carbonate coating formed through the precipitation of calcium carbonate onto existing rock below the water surface in cave pools.
MAMMILLARY, noun. (anatomy) A mammillary body, one of a pair of small round bodies, located on the undersurface of the brain, that form part of the limbic system.
MAMMILLARY BODIES, noun. Plural of mammillary body
MAMMILLARY BODY, noun. (anatomy) One of a pair of small round bodies, located on the undersurface of the human brain, that act as a relay for impulses coming from the amygdalae and hippocampi to the thalamus, and (as part of the diencephalon) form part of the limbic system.
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