amígdala

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈmiɡ.də.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [aˈmiɡ.da.la]
• Rhymes: -iɡdala
• Hyphenation: a‧míg‧da‧la

amígdala f (plural amígdales)

1. amygdala

Learned borrowing from Latin amygdala, amygdalum, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē, “almond”), due to its shape. Doublet of améndoa.

• Hyphenation: a‧míg‧da‧la

amígdala f (plural amígdalas)

1. (anatomy, immunology) tonsil (small lymphatic mass on each side of the throat)
2. (neuroanatomy) amygdala (region of the brain)

• “amígdala”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

• amídala (Brazil)
• amygdala (obsolete)

Borrowed from Latin amygdala. Doublet of amêndoa.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -iɡdɐlɐ, (Brazil) -idalɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧míg‧da‧la

amígdala f (plural amígdalas)

1. (anatomy, immunology) tonsil (small lymphatic mass on each side of the throat)

   Synonym: tonsila

2. (neuroanatomy) amygdala (region of the brain)

   Synonyms: amígdala cerebelosa, amígdala cerebelar

3. (geology) amygdale; amygdule (almond-shaped inclusion in igneous rock or lava)

• “amígdala” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Borrowed from Latin amygdala, amygdalum, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē, “almond”), due to its shape. Doublet of almendra.

• IPA^(key): /aˈmiɡdala/ [aˈmiɣ̞.ð̞a.la]

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• Rhymes: -iɡdala
• Syllabification: a‧míg‧da‧la

amígdala f (plural amígdalas)

1. amygdala
2. tonsil

• “amígdala”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014