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English

Etymology

Because of its shape, from Latin amygdala (“almond”), from Ancient Greek ???????? (amugdál?, “almond”). Doublet of mandorla.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /??m??.d?.l?/

Noun

amygdala (plural amygdalas or amygdalae)

1. (neuroanatomy) The region of the brain, located in the medial temporal lobe, believed to play a key role in the emotions, such as fear and pleasure, in both animals and humans.

Holonyms

• (region of the brain): brain

Related terms

• amygdalian
• amygdalin
• amygdaloid
• mesoamygdala

Translations

Czech

Noun

amygdala f

1. amygdala

Declension

Latin

Alternative forms

• amigdala (medieval)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a?my?.da.la/, [ä?m??d?ä??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a?mi?.da.la/, [??mi?d??l?]

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ???????? (amugdál?, “almond”). The sense "tonsil" is likely a calque of Arabic ?????? (lawz).

Noun

amygdala f (genitive amygdalae); first declension

1. almond tree
2. almond

   Synonym: amygdalum

3. (Medieval Latin) tonsil

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• Sicilian: mènnula
• ? West Germanic: *mandal? (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

Noun

amygdala

1. nominative plural of amygdalum
2. accusative plural of amygdalum
3. vocative plural of amygdalum

References

• amygdala in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• amygdala in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• amygdala in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Noun

amygdala f (plural amygdalas)

1. Obsolete spelling of amígdala

English

Etymology

From New Latin, from Latin thalamus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (thálamos, “an inner chamber, a bedroom, a bed”).

Noun

thalamus (plural thalami or thalamuses)

1. (neuroanatomy) Either of two large, ovoid structures of grey matter within the forebrain that relay sensory impulses to the cerebral cortex.
2. (botany) The receptacle of a flower; a torus.
3. A thallus.
4. An inner room or nuptial chamber.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• thalamus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• thalamus in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• thalamus at OneLook Dictionary Search

Czech

Alternative forms

• talamus

Noun

thalamus m

1. thalamus

French

Etymology

From New Latin, from Latin thalamus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (thálamos).

Noun

thalamus m (plural thalamus)

1. (anatomy) thalamus

Derived terms

• thalamique

Further reading

• “thalamus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ??????? (thálamos, “inner room”), especially from Homer.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?t?a.la.mus/, [?t??ä??äm?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ta.la.mus/, [?t???l?mus]

Noun

thalamus m (genitive thalam?); second declension

1. inner room, apartment of a house
2. bedroom, chamber
3. marriage bed
4. (by extension, figuratively) marriage

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• thalamus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• thalamus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• thalamus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• thalamus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• thalamus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• thalamus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray