putamen
English edit
Etymology edit
Latin putāmen (“husk, shell”).
Noun edit
putamen (plural putamens or putamina)
- (botany) The shell of a nut; the stone of a drupe fruit; endocarp. [from 18th c.]
- (neuroanatomy) A round structure located at the base of the forebrain, regulating movement and learning. [from 19th c.]
- 2009 February 6, Fiona McNab et al., “Changes in Cortical Dopamine D1 Receptor Binding Associated with Cognitive Training”, in Science[1], volume 323, number 5915, , pages 800–802:
- For calculation of D2 BP, bilateral caudate and putamen ROIs were defined anatomically.
- 2019, Albert Costa, translated by John W. Schwieter, The Bilingual Brain, Penguin, published 2021, page 92:
- [M]ultilingual speakers have a greater density of grey matter in the area involved in articulation and phonological processes, namely the left putamen.
Related terms edit
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From putō (“clean; prune, crop”) + -men.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /puˈtaː.men/, [pʊˈt̪äːmɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /puˈta.men/, [puˈt̪äːmen]
Noun edit
putāmen n (genitive putāminis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | putāmen | putāmina |
Genitive | putāminis | putāminum |
Dative | putāminī | putāminibus |
Accusative | putāmen | putāmina |
Ablative | putāmine | putāminibus |
Vocative | putāmen | putāmina |
References edit
- “putamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “putamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- putamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.