amygdala
Each one of the two regions of the brain, located as a pair in the medial temporal…Each one of the two regions of the brain, located as a pair in the medial temporal lobe, believed to play a key role in processing emotions, such as fear and pleasure, in both animals and humans.
» Binge drinking can damage the amygdala.
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1 sensesEach one of the two regions of the brain, located as a pair in the medial temporal lobe, believed to play a key role in processing emotions, such as fear and pleasure, in both animals and humans.
Amygdala
мозжечко́вая минда́линаmozžečkóvaja mindálina, миндалеви́дное те́лоmindalevídnoje télo
- 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
Examples
2 sentencesBinge drinking can damage the amygdala.
And young people who described themselves as conservative had an amygdala (the brain structure associated with emotional processing) that was larger.
Translations
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Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin amygdala (“almond, amygdala”), from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (aLearned borrowing from Latin amygdala (“almond, amygdala”), from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē, “almond”), named as such due to its shape. Doublet of almond, amygdale, and mandorla.
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Forms
plural: amygdalas / amygdalaeSynonyms
2 synonyms- 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:amygdaloid nucleuscorpus amygdaloideum
Word family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
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