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amygdalae

n. (plural of amygdala English)

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amygdalae

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amygdala
  1. 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]

  2. [also: amygdalae (pl)]

Usage examples of "amygdalae".

There is a part called nucleus amygdalae that when stimulated, people fall in love with the first person they see, be it a man or a woman.

I believe that falling in love with someone just by seeing him, or after a brief chat, is due to some substance produced by the body, and I also think it has something to do with the nucleus amygdalae.

And one day I'll have a surgeon dig all the silicon out of my amygdalae, and I'll live with my own memories and nobody else's, the way other people do.