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
The key nodes of the network identified by the researchers were putamen, amygdala and claustrum located deep within the brain, and the connections between them.
From Science Daily • May 28, 2024
This suggests pharmacological treatments that target dopamine in the sensorimotor putamen could help combat these conditions, Boswell says.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 29, 2023
There is the putamen, which helps our limbs move.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2021
The cerebral hemispheres are also large, owing chiefly to the great size of the corpora striata, which already show a differentiation into caudate nucleus, putamen and globus pallidus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
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