putamen
Americannoun
plural
putamina-
Botany. a hard or stony endocarp, as a peach stone.
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a shell membrane.
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of putamen
1820–30; < Latin putāmen, equivalent to putā ( re ) to prune, clean + -men resultative suffix
Example Sentences
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This is infused deep into the brain using real-time MRI scanning to guide a microcatheter to two brain regions - the caudate nucleus and the putamen.
From BBC • Sep. 24, 2025
As the patients responded, researchers found activity in a surprising place: the putamen.
From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024
Connections between the sensorimotor putamen and the anterior cingulate cortex, which is involved in emotion regulation, among other things, and is also implicated in habit learning, were weaker.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 29, 2023
There is the putamen, which helps our limbs move.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2021
Drupe globose, with hard, slightly furrowed putamen of 6 locules and solitary seeds.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
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