putamen

English

Noun

putamen (plural putamens or putamina)

  1. (anatomy) A round structure located at the base of the forebrain, regulating movement and learning.
    • 2009 February 6, Fiona McNab et al., “Changes in Cortical Dopamine D1 Receptor Binding Associated with Cognitive Training”, in Science‎, volume 323, number 5915, DOI:10.1126/science.1166102, pages 800-802:
      For calculation of D2 BP, bilateral caudate and putamen ROIs were defined anatomically.
  2. A hard, shell-like covering.
  3. (botany) The shell of a nut; the stone of a drupe fruit; endocarp.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From putō (“clean; prune, crop”) +‎ -men.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /puˈtaː.men/, [pʊˈtaː.mẽ]

Noun

putāmen n (genitive putāminis); third declension

  1. cutting, clipping (that which is cut away)
  2. shell, peel (removed from eggs, vegetables etc.)

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case Singular Plural
nominative putāmen putāmina
genitive putāminis putāminum
dative putāminī putāminibus
accusative putāmen putāmina
ablative putāmine putāminibus
vocative putāmen putāmina

References

  • 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
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