putamen
Americannoun
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Botany. a hard or stony endocarp, as a peach stone.
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a shell membrane.
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Origin of putamen
1820–30; < Latin putāmen, equivalent to putā ( re ) to prune, clean + -men resultative suffix
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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
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
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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