MAMILLARY BODY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mamillary body mean? 

• MAMILLARY BODY (noun)
  The noun MAMILLARY BODY has 1 sense:

1. one of two small round structures on the undersurface of the brain that form the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix

  Familiarity information: MAMILLARY BODY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAMILLARY BODY (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 fornix

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

corpus mamillare; mamillary body; mammillary body

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

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

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

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