Mammillary
/ˈmamɪləɹi/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A carbonate coating formed through the precipitation of calcium carbonate onto existing rock below the water surface in cave pools.
- 2 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.
Adjective
- 1 Resembling a breast or nipple in shape or form.
- 2 Pertaining to the nipples.
"On the other hand, no woman who had ever borne a child (even in her own childhood) could be accepted, no matter how free she was of mammilary blemishes."
Synonyms
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More examples"On the other hand, no woman who had ever borne a child (even in her own childhood) could be accepted, no matter how free she was of mammilary blemishes."
Etymology
From Middle French mamillaire, or its source, Late Latin mamillaris.