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Definition of: olivary
(ol′ə·ver′ē) adjective
1. Like an olive, especially in shape.
2. Anat. Relating to the olivary body, an olive-shaped eminence containing a nucleus of gray matter, found at either side of the medula oblongata. [<L olivarius belonging to olives <oliva an olive]
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