limbic system

noun

Anatomy.

1. a ring of interconnected structures in the midline of the brain around the hypothalamus, involved with emotion and memory and with homeostatic regulatory systems.

limbic system

/ ˈlɪmbɪk /

noun

1. the part of the brain bordering on the corpus callosum: concerned with basic emotion, hunger, and sex

limbic system

1. A group of interconnected structures of the brain including the hypothalamus, amydala, and hippocampus that are located beneath the cortex, are common to all mammals, and are associated with emotions such as fear and pleasure, memory, motivation, and various autonomic functions.

Word History and Origins

Origin of limbic system¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Word History and Origins

Origin of limbic system¹

C19 limbic, from French limbique, from limbe limbus, from New Latin limbus, from Latin: border

Example Sentences

Even after her mother’s death in 2020 at 96, that censorious voice remained “embedded in my most primitive responses, in my very limbic system.”

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It makes sense, as scent is processed by the limbic system, the part of the brain that handles emotion and memory.

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Smell activates many parts of our brain, including our limbic system, which plays a key role in memory recall.

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It aims for the limbic system, and it does not miss.

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In this process, our limbic system is activated and overrides our frontal lobe.

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