mamillaryPronunciation: /ˈmamɪləri/ (also mammillary)Definition of mamillary adjective shaped like or resembling a breast or nipple. (of a mineral) having several smoothly rounded convex surfaces. Anatomy denoting two rounded bodies in the floor of the hypothalamus in the brain: the mamillary bodiesOrigin: early 17th century: from modern Latin mamillaris, from mamilla (see mamilla). The spelling variant of -mm- was due to association with mammarymamillary in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of mamillary in the US English dictionary
