Hippocampus

  • 121hippocampus — hip·po·cam·pus || ‚hɪpəʊ kæmpÉ™s n. area of the brain (Anatomy); sea horse (small fish with a horse shaped head); legendary creature having the head and forelegs of a horse and the tail of a fish (Greek Mythology) …

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  • 122hippocampus — [ˌhɪpə(ʊ) kampəs] noun (plural hippocampi pi, pʌɪ) Anatomy the system of elongated ridges on the floor of the lateral ventricles of the brain, thought to be the centre of emotion, memory, and the autonomic nervous system. Origin C16: via L. from… …

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  • 123hippocampus — (G). A fabulous sea monster …

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  • 124hippocampus — hip·po·cam·pus …

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  • 125hippocampus — n. a swelling in the floor of the lateral ventricle of the brain. It contains complex foldings of cortical tissue and is involved, with other connections of the hippocampal formation, in the workings of the limbic system. Derivatives: hippocampal …

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  • 126hippocampus — hip•po•cam•pus [[t]ˌhɪp əˈkæm pəs[/t]] n. pl. pi [[t] paɪ, pi[/t]] anat. a curved ridge in the lateral ventricles of the mammalian brain: part of the limbic system • Etymology: 1600–10; < L < Gk hippókampos=hippo hippo +kámpos sea monster… …

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  • 127hippocampus — /hɪpoʊˈkæmpəs/ (say hipoh kampuhs) noun (plural hippocampi /hɪpoʊˈkæmpaɪ/ (say hipoh kampuy)) 1. Classical Legend a seahorse with two forefeet, and a body ending in the tail of a dolphin or fish. 2. Anatomy an enfolding of cerebral cortex into… …

  • 128hippocampus —   n. (pl. pi ) sea horse; part of the brain.    ♦ hippocampal,    ♦ hippocampine, a …

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