putamen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The shell of a nut; the stone of a drupe fruit; endocarp.
  2. A round structure located at the base of the forebrain, regulating movement and learning.

Word forms

putamen putamens putamina

Etymology

From Latin putāmen (“husk, shell”).

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