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Definition of Mammilla

1. Noun. The small projection of a mammary gland.

Definition of Mammilla

1. n. The nipple.

Definition of Mammilla

1. a nipple [n -LAE] - See also: nipple

Medical Definition of Mammilla

1. Origin: L, dim. Of mamma a breast. The nipple. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mammilla

Literary usage of Mammilla

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

1. The Practice of surgery by James Miller (1857)
"Of this class of tumors—not in, but near the mamma—the majority are simple and fibrous. Affections of the mammilla. The mammilla of the male is liable to ..."

2. A System of surgery: Theoretical and Practical by Timothy Holmes (1871)
"... principles as when found in other parts, it would be i'lle to dwell upon them here. SPECIAL DISEASES. DIVISION V. DISEASES OF THE MALE mammilla. ..."

3. Medical lexicon by Robley Dunglison (1851)
"MAM'MILLARY, mammilla'rii, from Mam- milla, ' a small breast, a nipple.' See Mastoid. mammillaRY EM'INENCE is a name given, 1. ..."

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