amygdalas

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UK, US/əˈmɪɡ.də.ləz/

A form of amygdala — 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.

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Meanings

noun

alternative amygdalae

  1. pluralplural of amygdala

    Because the brain has two hemispheres, it has two amygdalas; both of the woman's amygdalas were destroyed by the disease, but the rest of her brain was unaffected.

    1994 December 18, Sandra Blakeslee, “Brain Study Examines Rare Woman”, in New York Times
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