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Noun: corpus mamillare
  1. One of two small round structures on the undersurface of the brain that form the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix
    "The neurologist pointed out the corpus mamillare in the brain scan";
    - mamillary body, mammillary body

Type of: neural structure

Part of: betweenbrain, diencephalon, interbrain

Encyclopedia: Corpus mamillare