mamilla
noun
a nipple or teat
mamillary
-
a word derived from
mamilla.
Example Sentences
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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.
From Time Magazine Archive
The hippocampus, connected with the mamillary body, is shaped like its namesake, the seahorse.
From Time Magazine Archive
The mamillary body, a small spheroid organ which is one of the three principal parts of the hypothalamus.
From Time Magazine Archive
It emerges from the hypothalamus through the mamillary body and passes to the cortex by way of the gyrus cinguli.
From Time Magazine Archive
It also constitutes the principal layers in the thin tabular, or mamillary masses, which constitute the basis of the radiated quartz.
From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
