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premammillary

premammillary adjective: in front of the mammillary body.

Adjective

premammillary (not comparable)

  1. In front of the mammillary body
    • Leptin, a hormone secreted by adipocytes, not only directly stimulates the release of gonadotropin from the anterior pituitary gland, but it also stimulates the hypothalamic ventral premammillary neurons to release glutamate, which activates GnRH neurons [16 ].2015 November 6, “A Significant Increase in the Incidence of Central Precocious Puberty among Korean Girls from 2004 to 2010”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of premammillary

From pre- + mammillary.

Questions about premammillary

What does premammillary mean?
Premammillary means in front of the mammillary body.
What part of speech is premammillary?
Premammillary is an adjective.

Words near premammillary in the dictionary

  1. premalignancies
  2. premalignancy
  3. premalignant
  4. premammalian
  5. premammilary
  6. premammillary
  7. preman
  8. premandibular
  9. premandibulars
  10. premaniacal
  11. premanifest

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