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putamens

putamens is the plural of putamen.

Meaning of putamen

Noun

putamen (plural putamens or putamina)

  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.
    • For calculation of D2 BP, bilateral caudate and putamen ROIs were defined anatomically.2009 February 6, Fiona McNab et al., “Changes in Cortical Dopamine D1 Receptor Binding Associated with Cognitive Training”, in Science, volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 800–802

Questions about putamens

What is putamens the plural of?
Putamens is the plural of putamen.

Words near putamens in the dictionary

  1. putables
  2. Putaendo
  3. putage
  4. putamen
  5. putamenal
  6. putamens
  7. putamina
  8. putaminal
  9. putaminous
  10. putangitangi
  11. putanism

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