Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to a mamma, pap, dug, or teat.
- Resembling a nipple.
- Studded with mammiform protuberances; having rounded projections, as a mineral composed of convex concretions in form somewhat resembling breasts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the mammilla, or nipple, or to the breast; resembling a mammilla; mammilloid.
- adjective (Min.) Composed of convex convex concretions, somewhat resembling the breasts in form; studded with small mammiform protuberances.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Resembling a
breast ornipple in shape or form. - adjective Pertaining to the
nipples . - noun geology, speleology A carbonate coating formed through the precipitation of
calcium carbonate onto existing rock below the water surface in cave pools. - noun anatomy A
mammillary body , one of a pair of small round bodies, located on the undersurface of the brain, that form part of thelimbic system .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The nuclei called mammillary bodies are involved in olfactory reflexes and emotional response to odours
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What’s especially interesting is that right next to the hypothalamus, where the feeding and satiety chemicals NPY and CART are produced, is a part of the brain called the mammillary body because it looks like a pair of breasts.
You: On a Diet Michael F. Roizen 2009
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What’s especially interesting is that right next to the hypothalamus, where the feeding and satiety chemicals NPY and CART are produced, is a part of the brain called the mammillary body because it looks like a pair of breasts.
You: On a Diet Michael F. Roizen 2009
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What’s especially interesting is that right next to the hypothalamus, where the feeding and satiety chemicals NPY and CART are produced, is a part of the brain called the mammillary body because it looks like a pair of breasts.
You: On a Diet Michael F. Roizen 2009
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Their mammillary bodies -- globe-like structures in the brain which play a role in long-term memory -- get smaller.
Deepak Chopra: Weekly Health Tip: Sleep Strengthens Your Memory Deepak Chopra 2010
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The nearby mammillary body literally shaped like a nipple is part of our limbic system, where we store memories and emotions–just the right combination to create a craving for a favorite food.
You: On a Diet Michael F. Roizen 2009
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The nearby mammillary body literally shaped like a nipple is part of our limbic system, where we store memories and emotions–just the right combination to create a craving for a favorite food.
You: On a Diet Michael F. Roizen 2009
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The nearby mammillary body literally shaped like a nipple is part of our limbic system, where we store memories and emotions–just the right combination to create a craving for a favorite food.
You: On a Diet Michael F. Roizen 2009
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Sometimes gold, evidently of reef origin, is found in the alluvial; but in that case it is generally fine as regards the size of the particles, more or less sharp-edged, or crystalline in form if recently shed; while such gold is often of poorer quality than the true alluvial which occurs in mammillary (breast-like) nuggets, and is of a higher degree of purity as gold.
Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students
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In various shapes, from sharp-edged crystals to mammillary-shaped nuggets of wood-tin; from masses of 30 lbs. weight to
Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students
madmouth commented on the word mammillary
papillary IS the counterpart!
June 16, 2009