MAMILLARY


Meaning of MAMILLARY in English

[ 'mamɪləri ]

(also mammillary )

■ adjective

1》 (of minerals) having several smoothly rounded convex surfaces.

2》 Anatomy denoting two rounded bodies in the floor of the hypothalamus in the brain.

Origin

C17: from mod. L. mamillaris , from mamilla (see mamilla ).

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