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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
amygdala
n : 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:
{amygdaloid nucleus}, {corpus amygdaloideum}]
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