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 corpus amygdaloideum
      n : an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of
          the temporal lobe of the cerebrum; intimately connected
          with the hypothalamus and the hippocampus and the
          cingulate gyrus; as part of the limbic system it plays an
          important role in motivation and emotional behavior [syn:
           amygdala, amygdaloid nucleus]