Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
amygdaloid nucleus
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]