Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Derived from almonds.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Of or pertaining to almonds; derived from amygdalin.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective chemistry Of or pertaining to
almonds oramygdalin .
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Examples
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The president is fighting an amygdalic war with PowerPoint logic.
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From time to time, maybe once a year, a form of viral encephalitis sweeps the population, triggering a negative amygdalic response to any members of the society who look LEAST like the others.
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The amygdalic response research points directly to it.
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The amygdalic response research points directly to it.
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