amygdale

British

/ əˈmɪɡdeɪl /

noun

Also called: amygdule. a vesicle in a volcanic rock, formed from a bubble of escaping gas, that has become filled with light-coloured minerals, such as quartz and calcite

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Etymology

Origin of amygdale

C19: from Greek: _almond

Example Sentences

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But slicing the brain like so much salami deforms the tissue and makes it difficult to work out long-range connections, like those between such far-flung regions as the prefrontal cortex and the amygdale.

From Reuters

If the hippocampus helps record facts, a more basic brain structure, the amygdale, records fear.

From Seattle Times

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