limbic system

Questions about limbic system

What does limbic system mean?

limbic system means "a system of functionally related neural structures in the brain that are involved in emotional behavior".

What is another word for limbic system?

Close synonyms include visceral brain, limbic brain. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is limbic system a common word?

limbic system is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.