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Word: Amygdala
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
Late Middle English: via Latin from Greek amugdalē ‘almond’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈmɪɡdələ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a roughly almond-shaped mass of grey matter inside each cerebral hemisphere, involved with the experiencing of emotions.
Short Definition:roughly almond-shaped mass of grey matter inside each cerebral hemisphere
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