Mammillary

//ˈmamɪləɹi// adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A carbonate coating formed through the precipitation of calcium carbonate onto existing rock below the water surface in cave pools.
  2. 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. 1
    Resembling a breast or nipple in shape or form.
  2. 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

All synonyms
mammalianmammillariformmammillariformmastoid

Example

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"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.

Related phrases

mammillary bodylimbic systemmammillary body

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