premammillary

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pre- +‎ mammillary

Adjective[edit]

premammillary (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) In front of the mammillary body
    • 2015 November 6, “A Significant Increase in the Incidence of Central Precocious Puberty among Korean Girls from 2004 to 2010”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      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 ].