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- noun 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 theamygdalae andhippocampi to thethalamus , and (as part of thediencephalon ) form part of thelimbic system .
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- noun one of two small round structures on the undersurface of the brain that form the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix
Etymologies
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From mammillary ("resembling a breast or nipple") + body.
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