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MAMILLARY BODY
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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 fornix
Synonyms:
corpus mamillare; mamillary body; mammillary body
Classified under:
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)
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