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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...
- PMC 4801486. PMID 22806915. Pabba M (2013). "Evolutionary development of the amygdaloid complex". Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. 7: 27. doi:10.3389/fnana.2013.00027...
- 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...
- significantly less amygdaloid activation in the brains of those with ASD than controls. Subjects compensated for this lack of amygdaloid activity with increased...
- subnuclei of the amygdaloid complex. The posterior insula projects predominantly to the dorsal aspect of the lateral and to the central amygdaloid nuclei. In...
- copper deposits originate in fissures, steeply dipping veins or in the amygdaloid top portion of the Portage Lake Lava Series lava tops and conglomerate...
- of the brain). Late Old English had amygdales 'almonds'. The adjective amygdaloid (literally 'like an almond, almond-like') is used to describe objects...
- Aggleton J. P., Blindt H. S., Rawlins J. N. P. (1989). "Effects of amygdaloid and Amygdaloid–Hippocampal lesions on object recognition and spatial working...
- Precambrian basalt lava flows. The ore horizons are known locally as amygdaloids, after the amygdaloidal-shaped gas bubbles in the lavas that filled with...