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Definition: Amygdala |
AmygdalaNoun1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "amygdala" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1902. (references) |
"Amygdala" is a common misspelling or typo for: amygdalate, amygdale. |
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Health | Almond-shaped group of basal nuclei anterior to the inferior horn of the lateral ventricle of the brain, within the temporal lobe. The amygdala is part of the limbic system. (references) |
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Synonyms: AmygdalaSynonyms: amygdaloid nucleus (n), corpus amygdaloideum (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Amygdala |
| Specialty definitions using "amygdala": medial amygdala ♦ postero-dorsal nucleus ♦ Septal Nuclei ♦ thalamic cell. (references) |
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Health | Studies of people with autism have found abnormalities in several regions of the brain, including the cerebellum, amygdala, hippocampus, septum, and mamillary bodies. (references) | |
Preoperative evaluation identifies those patients with tumors or vascular malformations and can determine whether the epileptic focus is deep (in the amygdala or hippocampus) or superficial (cortical). (references) | ||
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| "Amygdala" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Amygdala" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
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Expression using "amygdala": medial amygdala. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "amygdala": thalamo-amygdala. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
amygdala | 133 |
amygdala brain | 4 |
amygdala picture | 3 |
amygdala shyness | 2 |
amygdala click | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "amygdala"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Portuguese | amígdala (almond, tonsil). (various references) | |
Spanish | amígdala (tonsil). (various references) | |
Ukranian | мигдалина (almond, amygdalae, tonsil). (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "amygdala": amygdalae. (additional references) | |
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| Words rhyming with "amygdala" (pronounced 'A*myg"da*la'): Acanthocephala, Acicula, Actinula, Ala, Algarovilla, Alula, Ametabola, Ampulla, Angola, Anopla, Aquila, Archencephala, Archiblastula, Areola, Armilla, Arolla, Artiodactyla, Auricula, Axilla, Baggala, Bandala, Banderilla, Barilla, bengola, Beteela, Blastula, Bulla, Cabala, Cabrilla, Caffila, Calcavella, Calendula, Calla, Camarilla, Campanula, Canella, Cannicula, Cannula, Capella, Capitula, Cappella, Carambola, Cedilla, Cella, Chinchilla, Chrysocolla, Cicala, Claribella, Coccinella, Codilla. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-d-g-l-m-y" | |
-2 letters: malady. | |
-3 letters: agama, gamay, gayal, glady, madly. | |
-4 letters: agly, agma, alga, alma, amyl, gala, gama, gamy, glad, lady, lama, maya, yald. | |
-5 letters: aal, aga, ala, ama, dag, dal, dam, day, gad, gal, gam, gay, gym, lad, lag, lam, lay, mad, mag, may, yam. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-d-g-l-m-y" | |
+1 letter: amygdalae. | |
+4 letters: amygdaloidal. | |
+5 letters: damageability. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6D 79 67 64 61 6C 61 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -- -.--. --. -.. .- .-.. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101101 01111001 01100111 01100100 01100001 01101100 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A m y g d a l a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006D 0079 0067 0064 0061 006C 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3579917370677867 |
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