mammillary

American  

[mam-uh-ler-ee] / ˈmæm əˌlɛr i /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling a mammilla.

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Other Word Forms

• intermammillary adjective
• postmammillary adjective

Etymology

Origin of mammillary

First recorded in 1605–15; mammill(a) + -ary

Example Sentences

The investigations focused their inquiry on the mammillary bodies, two structures on the underside of the brain so named because they resemble small breasts.

From Slate • Aug. 13, 2012

At a distance, some of the masses of rock appear round-backed; and in certain points of view, the crest of the ridge seems to consist of mammillary peaks.

From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John

Locality near Adelaide, now showing gold freely in mammillary and dendroidal form.

From Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students by Johnson, J. C. F. (Joseph Colin Frances)

Again, in others I found small mammillary bodies, which appeared to be true ovules, though I could not perfectly satisfy myself as to the existence of the micropyle or nucleus.

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

The ranges on either side of the glen were generally varieties of gneiss and granite, in many of which feldspar predominated, coarse ferruginous sandstone, and a siliceous rock with mammillary hematite and hornblende.

From Expedition into Central Australia by Sturt, Charles