HIPPOCAMPUS


Meaning of HIPPOCAMPUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌhi-pə-ˈkam-pəs ]

noun

( plural hip·po·cam·pi -ˌpī, -(ˌ)pē)

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek hippokampos sea horse, from hippos horse + kampos sea monster — more at equine

Date: 1706

: a curved elongated ridge that extends over the floor of the descending horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain, that consists of gray matter covered on the ventricular surface with white matter, and that is involved in forming, storing, and processing memory

• hip·po·cam·pal -pəl adjective

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