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limbic systems

limbic systems is the plural of limbic system.

Meaning of limbic system

Noun

limbic system (plural limbic systems)

  1. A part of the brain, in humans and various other animals, that is involved in emotion, motivation, and emotional association with memory; in humans it includes the amygdala, cingulate gyrus, fornicate gyrus, hippocampus, hypothalamus, mammillary body, nucleus accumbens, orbitofrontal cortex and parahippocampal gyrus.
    • Holonyms: brain < central nervous system, CNS

Questions about limbic systems

What is limbic systems the plural of?
Limbic systems is the plural of limbic system.

Words near limbic systems in the dictionary

  1. limbi
  2. limbic
  3. limbic lobe
  4. limbic lobes
  5. limbic system
  6. limbic systems
  7. limbic-thalamo-cortical
  8. limbically
  9. limbidia
  10. limbidium
  11. limbie

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