| 释义 |
Definition of mamillary in English: mamillary(also mammillary) adjectiveˈmamɪləri 1Shaped like or resembling a breast or nipple. Example sentencesExamples - The grounds in the neighborhood are covered with those common mammillary elevations known as ‘Indian corn-hills.’
- 1.1 (of a mineral) having several smoothly rounded convex surfaces.
（矿物）有乳头状突起的 Example sentencesExamples - Pale-to-medium blue mammillary rosasite aggregates occur with malachite in oxidized rock fallen from the north face of the open pit near the decline access drift.
- Malachite is typically massive, forming thick, compact crusts with mammillary surfaces.
- Shell units are tightly packed but separated in the mammillary layer.
- 1.2Anatomy Denoting two rounded bodies in the floor of the hypothalamus in the brain.
〔剖〕（下丘脑底）乳状体的 Example sentencesExamples - The hippocampus has output to the mamillary bodies and onto the anterior nucleus of the thalamus.
- It was bluntly perforated in front of the mamillary bodies with the aid of a catheter.
- Especially in these cases, MRI findings with high signal intensity in the thalamus and mammillary bodies can be especially important.
- This could, in turn, explain why mammillary body damage seems to preferentially affect memory on spatial tasks.
- The hippocampus, fornix, and mamillary bodies have an integral role in memory and learning.
OriginEarly 17th century: from modern Latin mamillaris, from mamilla (see mamilla). The spelling variant of -mm- was due to association with mammary. |