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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The shell of a nut; the stone of a drupe fruit; endocarp.
2. 2
   the outer reddish part of the lenticular nucleus wordnet
3. 3
   A round structure located at the base of the forebrain, regulating movement and learning.

   "For calculation of D2 BP, bilateral caudate and putamen ROIs were defined anatomically."

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"For calculation of D2 BP, bilateral caudate and putamen ROIs were defined anatomically."

Etymology

From Latin putāmen (“husk, shell”).

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