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    MAMMILLARY BODY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    One of two small round structures on the undersurface of the brain that form the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornixplay

    Synonyms:

    corpus mamillare; mamillary body; mammillary body

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("mammillary body" is a kind of...):

    neural structure (a structure that is part of the nervous system)

    Holonyms ("mammillary body" is a part of...):

    betweenbrain; diencephalon; interbrain; thalmencephalon (the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon)

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