1.
[syn: amygdala, amygdaloid nucleus, corpus amygdaloideum]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
amygdala \a*myg"da*la\ ([.a]*m[i^]g"d[.a]*l[.a]), n.; pl.
-l[ae] (-l[=e]). [L., an almond, fr. Gr. 'amygda`lh. See
Almond.]
1. An almond.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. (Anat.)
(a) One of the tonsils of the pharynx.
(b) One of the rounded prominences of the lower surface of
the lateral hemispheres of the cerebellum, each side
of the vallecula.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
amygdala
n 1: 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 [syn: amygdala,
amygdaloid nucleus, corpus amygdaloideum]