Usually means: Almond-shaped brain structures, emotion processing.
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  1. amygdalae: Merriam-Webster
  2. amygdalae: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. amygdalae: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. amygdalae: Wiktionary
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  8. Amygdalae: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. amygdalae: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. amygdalae: Medical dictionary

(Note: See amygdala as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (amygdala)

noun:  (neuroanatomy) Each one of the two regions of the brain, located as a pair in the medial temporal lobe, believed to play a key role in processing emotions, such as fear and pleasure, in both animals and humans.
▸ Also see amygdala

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