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Wiktionary
- n. anatomy One of a pair of small round bodies, located on the undersurface of the human brain, that act as a relay for impulses coming from the amygdalae and hippocampi to the thalamus, and (as part of the diencephalon) form part of the limbic system.
WordNet 3.0
- n. one of two small round structures on the undersurface of the brain that form the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix
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- From mammillary ("resembling a breast or nipple") + body. (Wiktionary)
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