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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PUTAMEN

From Latin: clippings, from putāre to prune.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PUTAMEN

putamen  [pjuːˈteɪmɛn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUTAMEN

noun
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Putamen is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PUTAMEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Putamen

The putamen is a round structure located at the base of the forebrain. The putamen and caudate nucleus together form the dorsal striatum. It is also one of the structures that comprises the basal ganglia. Through various pathways, the putamen is connected to the substantia nigra and globus pallidus. The main function of the putamen is to regulate movements and influence various types of learning. It employs GABA, acetylcholine, and enkephalin to perform its functions. The putamen also plays a role in degenerative neurological disorders, such as Parkinson's disease.

Definition of putamen in the English dictionary

The definition of putamen in the dictionary is the hard endocarp or stone of fruits such as the peach, plum, and cherry.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PUTAMEN


duramen
djʊˈreɪmɛn
examen
ɪɡˈzeɪmɛn
flamen
ˈfleɪmɛn
foramen
fɒˈreɪmɛn
gravamen
ɡrəˈveɪmɛn
hymen
ˈhaɪmɛn
limen
ˈlaɪmɛn
poultrymen
ˈpəʊltrɪmɛn
stamen
ˈsteɪmɛn
velamen
vəˈleɪmɛn
vimen
ˈvaɪmɛn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUTAMEN

put wise
put words into someone´s mouth
put-down
put-on
put-put
put-putted
put-putting
put-up job
put-upon
put-you-up
putamina
putangitangi
putative
putatively
putcheon
putcher
puteal
putid
Putin
putlock

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUTAMEN

amen
cameramen
Chinamen
clinamen
cyclamen
Indiamen
merchant seamen
militiamen
Namen
orramen
ramen
representamen
seamen
sudamen
Tutankhamen
Xiamen
yamen
yarramen

Synonyms and antonyms of putamen in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «putamen» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PUTAMEN

Find out the translation of putamen to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of putamen from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «putamen» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

putamen
570 millions of speakers

English

putamen
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पुटामेन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

putamen
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

скорлупа
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

putâmen
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

putamen
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

putamen
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Putamen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Putamen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

被殻
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

피질
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Putamen
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

putamen
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

putamen
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पुटमन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

putamende
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

putamen
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

skorupie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шкаралупа
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

putamen
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

κέλυφος
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

putamen
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

putamen
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

putamen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of putamen

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUTAMEN»

The term «putamen» is regularly used and occupies the 58.259 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUTAMEN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about putamen

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUTAMEN»

Discover the use of putamen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to putamen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Localization in Clinical Neurology
The corpus striatum comprises the striatum proper (or neostriatum), made up of the putamen, caudate nucleus, and nucleus accumbens, and the globus pallidus (or paleostriatum), with its medial or internal (Gpi) and lateral or external (Gpe) ...
Paul W. Brazis, Joseph C. Masdeu, José Biller, 2012
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Essential Neuroscience
The tail, which is situated on the dorsal aspect of the inferior horn of the lateral ventricle, follows the ventricle in its initial ventral trajectory and then rostrally toward the amygdala. Putamen The putamen is a large structure that lies between the ...
Allan Siegel, Hreday N. Sapru, 2006
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The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychiatry
The basal ganglia are a group of small interconnected subcortical nuclei made up of the caudate nucleus, putamen, globus pallidus, claustrum, subthalamus, and substantia nigra. The caudate nucleus and putamen are often called the corpus ...
Robert E. Hales, Stuart C. Yudofsky, Glen O. Gabbard, 2008
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Neuroanatomy: An Atlas of Structures, Sections, and Systems
Abbreviations Review of Blood Supply to Caudate, Putamen, SN, CC, and 1C medial striate a. for head of caudate and lateral striate branches of middle cerebral for Put and 1C (see Figure 5-38) paramedian branches of basilar bifurcation, ...
Duane E. Haines, 2004
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A Textbook Of: SPECT in Neurology and Psychiatry
Greater losses occurred in the putamen than in the caudate, confirming the finding of initial loss of dopaminergic projections in the putamen146 and there was no overlap between the 2 groups when the striatum/occipital cortex ratios were ...
De Deyn, 1997
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Neuroscience for the Study of Communicative Disorders
The basal ganglia consist of five nuclear masses: caudate nucleus, putamen, globus pallidus, claustrum, and amygdaloid nucleus. Various anatomical terms are used for grouping basal ganglia nuclei (Table 2-3). The caudate nucleus and  ...
Subhash Chandra Bhatnagar, 2002
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Clinical Neuroanatomy: A Neurobehavioral Approach
Thus, when referring to the “basal ganglia” as an anatomical entity, the most common connotation is probably that of the caudate nuclei, putamen, and globus pallidus. However, when speaking of the basal ganglia as afunctional system, the  ...
John Mendoza, Anne Foundas, 2008
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The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of ...
The caudate nucleus and putamen are often called the corpus striatum, and the globus pallidus and putamen are called the lentiform nucleus. Together, the structures of the basal ganglia are familiar to psychiatrists from disorders such as  ...
Stuart C. Yudofsky, Robert E. Hales, 2008
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Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology: A Review
B. Putamen circuit — executes motor activity patterns. Premotor cortex, supplementary motor cortex, and SSI to the putamen to the GPi to the VA and VL thalamus to the primary motor, premotor, and supplementary motor cortices. There are ...
Jonathan Stuart Citow, Robert L. Macdonald, 2001
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Comprehensive Neurosurgery Board Review
B. Putamen circuit — executes motor activity patterns. Premotor cortex, supplementary motor cortex, and SSI to the putamen to the GPi to the VA andVL thalamus to the primary motor, premotor, and supplementary motor cortices. There are ...
Jonathan Stuart Citow, Richard Kraig, R. Macdonald, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUTAMEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term putamen is used in the context of the following news items.
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Subcortical brain volume abnormalities in 2028 individuals with …
Putamen and pallidum volume augmentations were positively associated with duration of illness and hippocampal deficits scaled with the proportion of ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
2
Amarantus Announces Successful Delivery and Distribution of …
The current study demonstrated that: (i) MANF can be delivered to the porcine putamen and substantia nigra, brain areas centrally involved in PD, and (ii) that ... «GlobeNewswire, May 15»
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Caffeine increases striatal dopamine D 2 /D 3 receptor availability in …
Caffeine (300 mg p.o.) significantly increased the availability of D2/D3 receptors in putamen and ventral striatum, but not in caudate, when compared with ... «Nature.com, Apr 15»
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Increased functional connectivity in the resting-state basal ganglia …
Relative to the placebo treatment in patients, heroin significantly increased rsFC of the left putamen within the basal ganglia/limbic network, the extent of which ... «Nature.com, Mar 15»
5
Genes influencing brain development identified using Genome-wide …
Five novel genetic variants influencing the volumes of 'Putamen' and 'caudal nucleus' (located in forebrain) were identified. Most of these structures showed ... «Biotechin.Asia, Mar 15»
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Brains Of Preteens Who Like To Explore Wired Differently Says Study
Researchers also examined the results of the girls' brain scans and found that those from the explorer group had stronger connections between the putamen ... «Tech Times, Feb 15»
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Brain differences in preteens open to experimenting
The posterior insula and putamen are parts of the brain that are associated with "state of the body" and carrying out actions. The researchers were intrigued to ... «Medical News Today, Feb 15»
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The 20 Second Test for Stroke Risk
... percent more likely to have suffered some damage to the posterolateral putamen region of their brains than those who had no abnormalities in their postures. «Brain Blogger, Feb 15»
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Repeated head trauma in fighters linked to area-specific brain …
1. The number and frequency of fights for boxers were linked to reductions in brain volumes of the thalamus, caudate, putamen, hippocampus, and amygdala. 2. «2 Minute Medicine, Feb 15»
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NUIG researchers in genetics breakthrough
We have found, for example, one gene variant that affects the size of the Putamen, a region near the centre of the brain which resembles the stone in the middle ... «Connacht Tribune Group, Jan 15»

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