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limbic system en · NOUN

Meanings

  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.
    • I'm always bored, it seems nothing excites me My own limbic system fights me I've got watchlists I'll never watch And pruritus scroti in my crotch. 2026, “You You You”performed by Arab Strap:
    • Holonyms: brain < central nervous system, CNS

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Translations (12)

ja 大脳辺縁系 (part of the human brain) · es sistema límbico (part of the human brain) · it sistema limbico (part of the human brain) · cmn 邊緣系 /边缘系 (part of the human brain) · fr système limbique (part of the human brain) · ca sistema límbic (part of the human brain) · pt sistema límbico (part of the human brain) · uk лімбі́чна систе́ма (part of the human brain) · ru лимби́ческая систе́ма (part of the human brain) · cmn 邊緣系統 /边缘系统 (part of the human brain) · el μεταιχμιακό σύστημα (part of the human brain) · cs limbický systém (part of the human brain)

wikidata: Q192560