hippocampus

Definition of Hippocampus in English :

Noun

1. hippocampus

a complex neural structure (shaped like a sea horse) consisting of grey matter and located on the floor of each lateral ventricle; intimately involved in motivation and emotion as part of the limbic system; has a central role in the formation of memories

2. genus hippocampus, hippocampus

seahorses

genus hippocampus

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hippocampus

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noun plural -pi (-paɪ)

1.

a mythological sea creature with the forelegs of a horse and the tail of a fish

2.

any marine teleost fish of the genus Hippocampus, having a horselike head

seahorse (sense 1)

3.

an area of cerebral cortex that forms a ridge in the floor of the lateral ventricle of the brain, which in cross section has the shape of a sea horse. It functions as part of the limbic system

Hippocampus

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nounWord forms: plural ˌhippoˈcampi (ˌhɪpoʊˈkæmpaɪ ; hipˌōkamˈpī)

1. Classical Mythology

a sea monster with the head and forequarters of a horse and the tail of a dolphin or fish

2.

a ridge along the lower section of each lateral ventricle of the brain

Hippocampus

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n. pl. hip·po·cam·pi (-pī′)

1. A ridge in the floor of each lateral ventricle of the brain that consists mainly of gray matter and has a central role in memory processes.

2. Variant of hippocamp.

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