AMYGDALA


Meaning of AMYGDALA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ə-ˈmig-də-lə ]

noun

( plural amyg·da·lae -ˌlē, -ˌlī)

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, almond, from Greek amygdalē

Date: 1845

: the one of the four basal ganglia in each cerebral hemisphere that is part of the limbic system and consists of an almond-shaped mass of gray matter in the anterior extremity of the temporal lobe — called also amygdaloid nucleus

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