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amygdala
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun amygdala has 1 sense
- amygdala(n = noun.body) amygdaloid nucleus, corpus amygdaloideum - an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum; intimately connected with the hypothalamus and the hippocampus and the cingulate gyrus; as part of the limbic system it plays an important role in motivation and emotional behavior; Array is a part of temporal ccortex, temporal lobe, limbic brain, limbic system, visceral brain
is a kind of basal ganglion
CIDE DICTIONARY
amygdala, n. [L., an almond, fr. Gr. 'amygda`lh. See Almond.].
- An almond. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- One of the tonsils of the pharynx. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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