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Word: mammillary (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Of or pertaining to breasts.
  • Resembling breasts in shape or form.

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Noun:

  • anatomy A mammillary body, one of a pair of small round bodies, located on the undersurface of the brain, that form part of the limbic system.
  • speleology A carbonate coating formed through the precipitation of calcium carbonate onto existing rock below the water surface in cave pools.

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