Definition of Mamillae

1. mamilla [n] - See also: mamilla

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mamillae

mameluco
mamelucos
mameluke
mamelukes
mamenchisaur
mamenchisaurs
mamey
mamey sapote
mameyes
mameys
mamgabey
mamie
mamies
mamil-
mamilla
mamillae (current term)
mamillar
mamillare
mamillaria
mamillary
mamillary bodies
mamillary body
mamillary ducts
mamillary line
mamillary process
mamillary tubercle
mamillary tubercle of hypothalamus
mamillate
mamillated
mamillation

Literary usage of Mamillae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of Natural History: Adapted to the Present State of the Science by John Stark (1828)
"The vessels for spinning, generally to the number of six, extend along the interior on each side and terminate in mamillae. ..."

2. Philosophical Transactions by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1801)
"In general, the crystals are grouped together in great numbers, and seem to penetrate each other, so as to form mamillae, more or less round ; or they form ..."

3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (1902)
"... figured) there is a small circular opening divided into sectors by radiating ribs, and most of the mamillae have a small perforation in the centre. ..."

4. Comparative Anatomy of the Vegetative Organs of the Phanerogams and Ferns by Anton Bary (1884)
"254), in the whole cortex, and the mamillae. They are branched in all directions, and all branches communicate openly one with another; those which enter ..."

5. The Schott methods of the treatment of chronic diseases of the heart: With by W. Bezly Thorne (1902)
"Between the mamillae . . 19-9 18-2 „ It is interesting to observe that, before the administration of the exercises, the leaden discs fixed to the ..."

6. The Transactions of the Microscopical Society of London by Microscopical Society of London (1853)
"... by means of which it floats freely away. Its present form is seen in fig. 31. The ciliated mamillae (31 a) at this stage of growth are not unlike those ..."

7. Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London by Horticultural Society of London (1822)
"Each of the segments above, is furnished with from four to six slightly elevated protuberances or mamillae, more polished than the rest of the body, ..."

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