Meanings
nounmamillary body (plural mamillary bodies)
plural mamillary bodies
- anatomyEither of a pair of structures on the undersurface of the brain that, as part of the diencephalon, form part of the limbic system
Synonyms & antonyms
nounone of two small round structures on the undersurface of the brain that form the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix
Similar
mammillary bodycorpus mamillare
Broader
neural structure
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish nisälisäke
- nisälisäkeTranslations
Indonesian badan mamilari
- badan mamilariTranslations
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APA
mamillary body. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mamillary%20body
MLA
“mamillary body.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mamillary%20body. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mamillary body,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mamillary%20body.
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