Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

premammillary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-mam-mil-lary
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

In front of the mammillary body

Example Sentences

"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 ]."

Etymology

From pre- + mammillary.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Questions

What does premammillary mean?: In front of the mammillary body
Where does premammillary come from?: From pre- + mammillary.

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