amígdala

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əˈmiɡ.də.lə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aˈmiɡ.da.la/

amígdala f (plural amígdales)

1. amygdala

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

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, Royal Galician Academy.

• amídala
• amygdala (obsolete)

Borrowed from Latin amygdala.

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐˈmidalɐ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈmiɣðɐlɐ/
• 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)
3. (geology) amygdale; amygdule (almond-shaped inclusion in igneous rock or lava)

• (tonsil): tonsila
• (amygdala): amígdala cerebelosa, amígdala cerebelar

• 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.

• IPA^(key): /aˈmiɡdala/, [aˈmiɣðala]
• Hyphenation: a‧míg‧da‧la

amígdala f (plural amígdalas)

1. amygdala
2. tonsil

• amígdala palatina
• amigdalectomía
• amigdalitis

• amigdalina

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