noun
one of two small round structures on the undersurface of the brain that form the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix
• Syn: ↑mamillary body, ↑corpus mamillare
• Hypernyms: ↑neural structure
• Part Holonyms: ↑diencephalon, ↑interbrain, ↑betweenbrain, ↑thalmencephalon
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noun : either of two small rounded eminences on the undersurface of the brain behind the tuber cinereum forming terminals of the anterior pillars of the fornix — called also corpus albicans
Useful english dictionary. 2012.