Associations to the word «Putamen»
Wiktionary
PUTAMEN, noun. (anatomy) A round structure located at the base of the forebrain, regulating movement and learning.
PUTAMEN, noun. A hard, shell-like covering.
PUTAMEN, noun. (botany) The shell of a nut; the stone of a drupe fruit; endocarp.
Dictionary definition
PUTAMEN, noun. The outer reddish part of the lenticular nucleus.
Wise words
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.