A nipple-shaped process, a, is seen to be attached by a pedicle to the back of the upper part, b, of the prostate, and to act like a stopper to the neck of the bladder. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
The prostate, d, is considerably enlarged, and the vesical orifice is girt by a prominent ring, b b, from the right border of which the nipple-shaped body, a, projects and occupies the outlet. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
"Mavis," he had said bitterly, "a song thrush, how inaptly named - a corn-crake of a woman - a mastodon of a female - an extinct mammalian creature with nipple-shaped prominences on her molar teeth.". From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Rapunzel]
Small, nipple-shaped prominences found on the tongue, the skin, etc. PARAPLEGIA. From Wordnik.com. [The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand] Reference
Caps may be carried very conveniently by means of a ring, with two dozen nipple-shaped beads, made of some metal, strung upon it; each bead being intended to be covered by a percussion-cap. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries] Reference
A nipple-shaped excrescence at the vesical orifice. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
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