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before 950; < Medieval Latin: almond, tonsil, Latin: almond < Greek amygdálē; replacing Middle English amygdal, Old English amigdal almond < Latin amygdalon < Greek amýgdalon; compare almond
before 950; < Medieval Latin: almond, tonsil, Latin: almond < Greek amygdálē; replacing Middle English amygdal, Old English amigdal almond < Latin amygdalon < Greek amýgdalon; compare almond
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Amygdala
is always a great word to know.
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| the enclosure formed by the ribs and their connecting bones |
| the roof of the mouth, consisting of a hard palate and a soft palate that separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity |
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- It acts to control and suppress bodily fear responses, and sends nerve projections into the amygdala that shut it down.
- Since the amygdala is known to be involved in processing emotion, that is not altogether startling.
- Anxiety is a subjective cortical response to terror which is mediated in the amygdala.
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amygdala
"the tonsils," 1540s, from L., from Gk. amygdale "almond" (see almond). The anatomical use is as a direct transl, of Arabic al-lauzatan "the two tonsils," lit. "the two almonds," so called by Arabic physicians for fancied resemblance.
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Medical Dictionary
amygdala a·myg·da·la (ə-mĭg'də-lə)
n. pl. a·myg·da·lae (-lē)
An almond-shaped mass of gray matter in the front part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum. Also called amygdaloid nucleus.
The cerebellar tonsil.
Any of the lymphatic tonsils.
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amygdala  (ə-mĭg'də-lə) Pronunciation Key
Plural amygdalae (ə-mĭg'də-lē) An almond-shaped mass of gray matter in the front part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum that is part of the limbic system and is involved in the processing and expression of emotions, especially anger and fear. |
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