amygdale

/ əˈmɪɡdeɪl /

noun

1. a vesicle in a volcanic rock, formed from a bubble of escaping gas, that has become filled with light-coloured minerals, such as quartz and calcite Also calledamygduleəˈmɪɡdjuːl

Word History and Origins

Origin of amygdale¹

C19: from Greek: almond

Example Sentences

But slicing the brain like so much salami deforms the tissue and makes it difficult to work out long-range connections, like those between such far-flung regions as the prefrontal cortex and the amygdale.

From Reuters

If the hippocampus helps record facts, a more basic brain structure, the amygdale, records fear.

From Seattle Times