German

Noun

Amygdala f

1. (anatomy) amygdala

English

Location of the amygdala in the human brain (region of the brain).

Noun

amygdala ‎(plural amygdalas or amygdalae)

1. (neuroanatomy) The region of the brain, located in the medial temporal lobe, believed to play a key role in the emotions, such as fear and pleasure, in both animals and humans.
   • 2009 February 12, David Brooks, “The Worst-Case Scenario”, in New York Times:

     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

• (region of the brain): brain

Related terms

• amygdalin
• amygdaloid

Translations

Czech

Noun

amygdala f

1. amygdala

Declension

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη ‎(amugdálē, “almond”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈmyɡ.da.la/, [aˈmʏɡ.da.ɫa]

Noun

amygdala f ‎(genitive amygdalae); first declension

1. almond tree

Inflection

First declension.

Noun

amygdala

1. nominative plural of amygdalum
2. accusative plural of amygdalum
3. vocative plural of amygdalum

References

• 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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “amygdala”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Noun

amygdala f (plural amygdalas)

1. Obsolete spelling of amígdala