mamillary
- a word derived from mamilla.
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This passes through the mamillary body, thence to the gyrus cinguli and so back to the cortex where the emotional experience is felt.
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The mamillary body, a small spheroid organ which is one of the three principal parts of the hypothalamus.
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It emerges from the hypothalamus through the mamillary body and passes to the cortex by way of the gyrus cinguli.
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The hippocampus, connected with the mamillary body, is shaped like its namesake, the seahorse.
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The yellow-flowering gourd, called penca, has two kinds or varieties, the common and mamillary, owing to the fruit of the latter having a large nipple-shaped process at the end.
