Usually means: Brain system involved in emotions.
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  1. limbic: Merriam-Webster
  2. limbic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. limbic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. limbic: Vocabulary.com
  5. Limbic, limbic: Wordnik
  6. limbic: Wiktionary
  7. limbic: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. limbic: Dictionary.com
  9. Limbic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. limbic: Rhymezone
  11. limbic: FreeDictionary.org
  12. limbic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. limbic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. limbic: Encyclopedia

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  1. limbic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  5. limbic: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (limbic)

▸ adjective:  (neuroanatomy) Relating to the limbic system.

Similar:
frontolimbic, mesolimbic, corticolimbic, ventrolimbic, temporolimbic, limbic-thalamo-cortical, mesocorticolimbic, membral, lemnothalamic, limbal, more...

Opposite:
neocortical, neocortex

Types:
hippocampus, amygdala, hypothalamus, thalamus, cingulate gyrus, fornix, more...

Phrases:
limbic system, limbic lobe, limbic brain, limbic systems, Limbic encephalitis, more...

Adjectives:
paraneoplastic, other, superior, anterior, human, distinctive, subcortical, cortical, temporal, rat, various

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Similar:
frontolimbic, mesolimbic, corticolimbic, ventrolimbic, temporolimbic, limbic-thalamo-cortical, mesocorticolimbic, membral, lemnothalamic, limbal, more...

Opposite:
neocortical, neocortex

Types:
hippocampus, amygdala, hypothalamus, thalamus, cingulate gyrus, fornix, more...

Phrases:
limbic system, limbic lobe, limbic brain, limbic systems, Limbic encephalitis, superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis, limbic epidermis, Limbic Entertainment, Limbic resonance, more...

Adjectives:
paraneoplastic, other, superior, anterior, human, distinctive, subcortical, cortical, temporal, rat, various

Colors:
    emerald,     teal,     turquoise,     jade,     mint, more...



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