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hip⋅po⋅cam⋅pus

  [hip-uh-kam-puhs]
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–noun, plural -pi  [-pahy, -pee] .
1. Classical Mythology. a sea horse with two forefeet, and a body ending in the tail of a dolphin or fish.
2. Anatomy. an enfolding of cerebral cortex into the lateral fissure of a cerebral hemisphere, having the shape in cross section of a sea horse.
Origin:
1600–10; < L < Gk hippókampos, equiv. to hippo- hippo- + kámpos sea monster
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Main Entry: hip·po·cam·pus
Pronunciation: "hip-&-'kam-p&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural hip·po·cam·pi /-"pI, -(")pE/
: a curved elongated ridge that is an important part of the limbic system, extends over the floor of the descending hornof each lateral ventricle of the brain, and consists of gray matter covered on the ventricular surface with white matter —see PES HIPPOCAMPUS
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hippocampus hip·po·cam·pus (hĭp'ə-kām'pəs)
n. pl hip·po·cam·pi (-pī')
The complex, internally convoluted structure that forms the medial margin of the cortical mantle of the cerebral hemisphere, borders the choroid fissure of the lateral ventricle, is composed of two gyri with their white matter, and forms part of the limbic system.

hip'po·cam'pal (-pəl) adj.

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hippocampus   (hĭp'ə-kām'pəs)  Pronunciation Key 
Plural hippocampi (hĭp'ə-kām'pī')
A convoluted, seahorse-shaped structure in the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe of the brain, composed of two gyri with white matter above gray matter. It forms part of the limbic system and is involved in the processing of emotions and memory.
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