amygdala

== English == === Etymology === Named because of its shape. Learned borrowing from Latin amygdala (“almond”), from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē, “almond”). Doublet of almond, amygdale, and mandorla. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /əˈmɪɡ.də.lə/ === Noun === amygdala (plural amygdalas or amygdalae) (neuroanatomy) 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. ==== Holonyms ==== (region of the brain): brain, limbic system ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Czech == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin amygdala. Doublet of mandle and mandorla. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈamɪɡdala] === Noun === amygdala f amygdala ==== Declension ==== == Latin == === Alternative forms === amigdala (Medieval Latin) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈmyɡ.da.ɫa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈmiɡ.da.la] === Etymology 1 === From Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē, “almond”). Etymology 1 sense 3 is likely a semantic loan from Arabic لَوْز (lawz). ==== Noun ==== amygdala f (genitive amygdalae); first declension almond tree almond Synonym: amygdalum (Medieval Latin) tonsil ===== Declension ===== First-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== Sicilian: mènnula → Proto-West Germanic: *mandalā (see there for further descendants) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== amygdala nominative/accusative/vocative plural of amygdalum === References === “amygdala”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "amygdala", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “amygdala”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Portuguese == === Noun === amygdala f (plural amygdalas) pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of amígdala