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cingulate

cingulate adjective: pertaining to a cingulum.

Adjective

cingulate (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to a cingulum.
    • In the study, led by Ryota Kanai of the University College London, people who identified themselves as liberals generally had a larger anterior cingulate cortex — a comma-shaped region near the front of the brain that is involved in decision-making. By contrast, those who identified as...2011 April 8, Amie Ninh, “Liberal vs. Conservative: Does the Difference Lie in the Brain?”, in TIME, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2025
    Synonyms:
    cingular, cingulated

Noun

cingulate (plural cingulates)

  1. Any mammal of the order Cingulata, an armadillo.

Synonyms of cingulate

Forms of cingulate

pluralcingulates

Origin of cingulate

From cingulum + -ate.

Words formed from cingulate

Phrases with cingulate

Questions about cingulate

What does cingulate mean?
Cingulate means pertaining to a cingulum.
What part of speech is cingulate?
Cingulate can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near cingulate in the dictionary

  1. cingles
  2. cingula
  3. cingular
  4. cingulatan
  5. cingulatans
  6. cingulate
  7. cingulate cortex
  8. cingulate cortexes
  9. cingulate gyri
  10. cingulate gyrus
  11. cingulate gyruses

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