cingulate

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9

Definition of cingulate

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Pertaining to a cingulum.
    “In the study, led by Ryota Kanai of the University College London, people who identified themselves as liberals generally had a larger anterior cingulate cortex — a comma-shaped region near the front of the brain that is involved in decision-making. By contrast, those who identified as conservatives had larger amygdalas — almond-shaped structures that are linked with emotional learning and the processing of fear.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Pertaining to a cingulum.
    “In the study, led by Ryota Kanai of the University College London, people who identified themselves as liberals generally had a larger anterior cingulate cortex — a comma-shaped region near the front of the brain that is involved in decision-making. By contrast, those who identified as conservatives had larger amygdalas — almond-shaped structures that are linked with emotional learning and the processing of fear.”

noun

  1. Any mammal of the order Cingulata, an armadillo.

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Etymology

From cingulum + -ate.

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