"limbic system" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: limbic systems [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} limbic system (plural limbic systems)
  1. (neuroanatomy) Part of the human brain involved in emotion, motivation, and emotional association with memory; includes amygdala, cingulate gyrus, fornicate gyrus, hippocampus, hypothalamus, mammillary body, nucleus accumbens, orbitofrontal cortex and parahippocampal gyrus. Wikipedia link: limbic system Categories (topical): Neuroanatomy Translations (Part of the human brain): sistema límbic [masculine] (Catalan), limbický systém [masculine] (Czech), système limbique [masculine] (French), μεταιχμιακό σύστημα (metaichmiakó sýstima) [neuter] (Greek), sistema límbico [masculine] (Portuguese), sistema límbico [masculine] (Spanish)

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