| mamanpian | Synonym: mother yaw. Origin: Fr. Maman, mother + pian, yaw (05 Mar 2000) |
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| mamelon | One of the rounded prominences, three in number, on the cutting edge of an incisor tooth when it first pierces the gum. Origin: Fr. Nipple (05 Mar 2000) |
| mamelonated | Having rounded, teatlike elevations; nodulated. Origin: Fr. Mamelon, nipple (05 Mar 2000) |
| mamelonation | The formation of rounded projections or nodules on bony and other structures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mamgabey | <zoology> Any one of several African monkeys of the genus Cercocebus, as the sooty mangabey (C. Fuliginosus), which is sooty black. [Also written mangaby. Origin: So called by Buffon from Mangaby, in Madagascar, where he erroneously supposed them be native. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| mamil- | Mamilli- The mamillae. See: mammil-. Compare: thelo-. Origin: L. Mamilla, nipple (05 Mar 2000) |
| mamilla | 1. A small rounded elevation resembling the female breast. Synonym: nipple. Origin: L. Nipple (05 Mar 2000) |
| mamillare | Synonym: mamillary. Origin: L. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mamillaria | See: mamillary body. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mamillary | Relating to or shaped like a nipple. Synonym: mamillare. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mamillary bodies | A pair of nuclei and associated gray matter in the interpeduncular space rostral to the posterior perforated substance in the posterior hypothalamus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mamillary body | A small, round, paired cell group that protrudes into the interpeduncular fossa from the inferior aspect of the hypothalamus. It receives hippocampal fibres through the fornix and projects fibres to the anterior thalamic nuclei and into the brainstem tegmentum. Synonym: corpus mamillare, mamillary tubercle of hypothalamus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mamillary ducts | The ducts, numbering 15 or 20, which drain the lobes of the mammary gland; they open at the nipple. Synonym: ductus lactiferi, canalicular ducts, galactophore, galactophorous canals, galactophorous ducts, mamillary ducts, mammary ducts, milk ducts, tubuli galactophori, tubuli lactiferi. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mamillary line | A vertical line passing through the nipple on either side. Synonym: linea mamillaris, nipple line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mamillary process | A small apophysis or tubercle on the dorsal margin of the superior articular process of each of the lumbar vertebrae and usually of the twelfth thoracic vertebra. Synonym: processus mamillaris, mamillary tubercle, metapophysis. (05 Mar 2000) |