Meanings
adjectivemesolimbic (not comparable)
- not comparableanatomyRelating to the middle part of the limbic system.
“The mesocortical, mesolimbic, and nigrostriatal dopamine pathways are what the call the reward pathways, all right? They’re the ones that activate when we’re expecting or receiving a reward.”
2020, Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom, Viking (2021), page 154
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*me
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
- Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
- Proto-Hellenic*métsos
- Ancient Greekμέσος (mésos)
- Englishmeso-
- Englishlimbic
- Englishmesolimbic
Translations
Portuguese mesolímbico
- mesolímbicorelating to the middle part of the limbic system
Spanish mesolímbico
- mesolímbicorelating to the middle part of the limbic system
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Cite this entry
APA
mesolimbic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mesolimbic
MLA
“mesolimbic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mesolimbic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mesolimbic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mesolimbic.
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