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amygdaline

 [ah-mig´dah-līn]
1. like an almond.
2. tonsillar.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

a·myg·da·line

(ă-mig'dă-līn),
1. Relating to an almond.
2. Relating to a tonsil, or to the brain structure called amygdala or amygdaloid complex [TA].
3. Synonym(s): tonsillar
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a·myg·da·line

(ă-mig'dă-līn) [TA]
1. [TA] Relating to an almond.
2. [TA] Relating to a tonsil, or to the brain structure called amygdala or amygdaloid complex.
3. Synonym(s): tonsillar.
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