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See also: Amygdala
English
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Etymology
[edit]Because of its shape, from Latin amygdala (“almond”), from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē, “almond”). Doublet of almond, amygdale, and mandorla.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]amygdala (plural amygdalas or amygdalae)
- (neuroanatomy) 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.
- 2009 February 12, David Brooks, “The Worst-Case Scenario”, in New York Times[1]:
- Cognitive scientists distinguish between normal risk-assessment decisions, which activate the reward-prediction regions of the brain, and decisions made amid extreme uncertainty, which generate activity in the amygdala.
Holonyms
[edit]- (region of the brain): brain, limbic system
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]region of the brain
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Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin amygdala. Doublet of mandle and mandorla.
Noun
[edit]amygdala f
Declension
[edit]Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈmyɡ.da.la/, [äˈmʏɡd̪äɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈmiɡ.da.la/, [äˈmiɡd̪älä]
Etymology 1
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē, “almond”). The sense "tonsil" is likely a calque of Arabic لَوْز (lawz).
Noun
[edit]amygdala f (genitive amygdalae); first declension
- almond tree
- almond
- Synonym: amygdalum
- (Medieval Latin) tonsil
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | amygdala | amygdalae |
Genitive | amygdalae | amygdalārum |
Dative | amygdalae | amygdalīs |
Accusative | amygdalam | amygdalās |
Ablative | amygdalā | amygdalīs |
Vocative | amygdala | amygdalae |
Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]amygdala
References
[edit]- “amygdala”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- amygdala in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- amygdala in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
[edit]Noun
[edit]amygdala f (plural amygdalas)
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