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Definition of Putamen
1. Noun. The outer reddish part of the lenticular nucleus.
Definition of Putamen
1. n. The shell of a nut; the stone of a drupe fruit. See Endocarp.
Definition of Putamen
1. Noun. (anatomy) A round structure located at the base of the forebrain, regulating movement and learning. ¹
2. Noun. A hard, shell-like covering. ¹
3. Noun. (botany) The shell of a nut; the stone of a drupe fruit; endocarp. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Putamen
1. the hard covering of the kernel of certain fruits [n -MINA]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Putamen
Literary usage of Putamen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1906)
"Area of softening in the posterior portion of the left putamen (microscopical
... The posterior third of the putamen in its lower part was in large measure ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"... The voa vanga of Madagascar is a tropical fruit that has been recommended by
the American Pomological pyrenes 5-3 in number or putamen 5-3-celled. ..."
3. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1903)
"Coronal section through the Cerebrum so as to cut through the anterior part (putamen)
of the lenticular nucleus. The anterior cut surface of the posterior ..."
4. Hand-book of Indian Flora: Being a Guide to All the Flowering Plants by Herber Drury (1866)
"... ed towards the top : stigma capitate, very shortly 2-lobed : drupe baccate,
4-stoned, stones when ripe distinct, 1-celled, putamen hard : seed erect. ..."
5. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1906)
"Of interest in this connection is the opinion of Hebold who believed that a
different explanation for the motor disturbances than injury to the putamen. ..."
6. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1910)
"The putamen is the larger and of a deeper reddish- gray tint; the two mesal ...
The ectal outline of the putamen is sharply defined against a white lamina, ..."
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