amygdala

Significado (Inglés)

Each one of the two regions of the brain, located as a pair in the medial temporal lobe, believed to play a key role in processing emotions, such as fear and pleasure, in both animals and humans.

Conceptos

amígdala

amigdala cerebral

Sinónimos

almond

amygdaloid nucleus

corpus amygdaloideum

tonsil

palatine tonsil

Traducciones

amygdale

Amygdala

amigdala

corpus amygdaloideum

complexe amygdalien

amygdala

amygdale cérébrale

amígdala

amígdala

amygdala

tonsil

keelamandel

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/əˈmɪɡ.də.lə/

Etimología (Inglés)

Named because of its shape. Learned borrowing from Latin amygdala (“almond”), from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē, “almond”). Doublet of almond, amygdale, and mandorla.