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Definition of Amygdaloid

Amygdaloid
Amygdaloid A*myg"da*loid, n. [Gr. ? almond + -oid: cf. F. amygdalo["i]de.] (Min.) A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, esp. agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava.
Amygdaloid
Amygdaloid A*myg"da*loid, Amygdaloidal A*myg`da*loid"al, a. 1. Almond-shaped. 2. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, the rock amygdaloid.

Meaning of Amygdaloid from wikipedia

- Look up amygdaloid in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Amygdaloid, derived from the ancient Gr**** for almond, may refer to: The amygdala in the brain...
- The Amygdaloids, an American rock band from New York City, contains three New York University scientists: Joseph LeDoux, vocals and guitar, Tyler Volk...
- Amygdaloid Island is an island in Lake Superior off the northeastern s**** of Isle Royale. It is within the boundary of Isle Royale National Park, a national...
- PMC 4801486. PMID 22806915. Pabba M (2013). "Evolutionary development of the amygdaloid complex". Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 7: 27. doi:10.3389/fnana.2013.00027...
- significantly less amygdaloid activation in the brains of those with ASD than controls. Subjects compensated for this lack of amygdaloid activity with increased...
- copper deposits originate in fissures, steeply dipping veins or in the amygdaloid top portion of the Portage Lake Lava Series lava tops and conglomerate...
- subnuclei of the amygdaloid complex. The posterior insula projects predominantly to the dorsal aspect of the lateral and to the central amygdaloid nuclei. In...
- McHugh co-aut****d papers on hydrocephalus, depression and suicide, and amygdaloid stimulation. From 1975 till 2001, McHugh served as the Henry Phipps Professor...
- rhinencephalon consisting of paleocortex. It is a cortical-like nucleus of the amygdaloid complex. Though considered a nucleus, the periamygdalar area is more commonly...
- (abandoned narrow stepped and rocky paleo-channel of rivers) of vesicular amygdaloid lava and ash layers, all of which contribute to the pyramid-shaped hills...