AMYGDALA

‖A‐myg″da‐la (ȧ‐mĭg″dȧ‐lȧ), n.; pl. -læ (–lē). [[L., an almond, fr. Gr. αμυγδἄλη. See Almond.]] 1. 1. An almond.
2. 2. (Anat.) (a) One of the tonsils of the pharynx. (b) One of the rounded prominences of the lower surface of the lateral hemispheres of the cerebellum, each side of the vallecula.