A tonsil or an almond-shaped structure, especially in anatomy referring to the almond-shaped part of the brain.
From Greek amygdale (almond), which may derive from Semitic languages. The term was applied to anatomical structures because of their almond-like shape.
The amygdala in your brain is literally named after an almond—ancient anatomists just thought, 'That looks like an almond!' and the name stuck for thousands of years!
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