hippocampus
Noun
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Noun
hippocampus (plural hippocampi)
- (mythological creature) A mythological creature with the front head and forelimbs of a horse and the rear of a dolphin.
- Synonyms: hippocamp
- (anatomy) A part of the brain located inside the temporal lobe, consisting mainly of grey matter. It is a component of the limbic system and plays a role in memory and emotion.
- (neuroanatomy) HIPP
- French: hippocampe
- German: Hippokamp
- Italian: ippocampo
- Portuguese: hipocampo
- Russian: гиппока́мп
- Spanish: hipocampo
- French: hippocampe
- German: Hippocampus, Hippokampus, Ammonshorn
- Italian: ippocampo
- Portuguese: hipocampo
- Spanish: hipocampo
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