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mam⋅mil⋅la

  [ma-mil-uh]
–noun, plural -mil⋅lae  [-mil-ee] .
1. Anatomy. the nipple of the mamma, or breast.
2. any nipplelike process or protuberance.
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Origin:
1685–95; < L: breast, teat, dim. of mamma mamma 2
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mam·mil·la   (mā-mĭl'ə)   
n.   pl. mam·mil·lae (-mĭl'ē)

  1. A nipple or teat.

  2. A nipple-shaped protuberance.


[Latin mamilla, mammilla, diminutive of mamma, breast; see mā-2 in Indo-European roots.]
mam'mil·lar'y (mām'ə-lěr'ē) adj.
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mammilla mam·mil·la (mā-mĭl'ə)
n. pl. -mil·lae (-mĭl'ē)

  1. A nipple or teat.

  2. A nipple-shaped protuberance.

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