different between putamen vs striatum

English

Etymology

Latin putamen

Noun

putamen (plural putamens or putamina)

1. (anatomy) A round structure located at the base of the forebrain, regulating movement and learning.
2. A hard, shell-like covering.
3. (botany) The shell of a nut; the stone of a drupe fruit; endocarp.

Related terms

• putamenal
• putaminal

Anagrams

• pneumat-

Latin

Etymology

From put? (“clean; prune, crop”) +? -men.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pu?ta?.men/, [p??t?ä?m?n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pu?ta.men/, [pu?t???m?n]

Noun

put?men n (genitive put?minis); third declension

1. cutting, clipping (that which is cut away)
2. shell, peel (removed from eggs, vegetables etc.)

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

References

• putamen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• putamen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• putamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Noun

striatum (plural striatums or striata)

1. (anatomy) The caudate nucleus and the lentiform nucleus considered as a single structure

Synonyms

• corpus striatum

Latin

Participle

stri?tum

1. nominative neuter singular of stri?tus
2. accusative masculine singular of stri?tus
3. accusative neuter singular of stri?tus
4. vocative neuter singular of stri?tus