Definition of Hippocampus. Meaning of Hippocampus. Synonyms of Hippocampus

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Definition of Hippocampus

Hippocampus
Hippocampus Hip`po*cam"pus, n. [L., the sea horse, Gr. ? a hippocampus (in senses 1 and 2); "i`ppos horse + ? to bend.] 1. (Class. Myth.) A fabulous monster, with the head and fore quarters of a horse joined to the tail of a dolphin or other fish (Hippocampus brevirostris), -- seen in Pompeian paintings, attached to the chariot of Neptune. --Fairholt.

Meaning of Hippocampus from wikipedia

- The hippocampus is located in the allocortex, with neural projections into the neocortex, in humans as well as other primates. The hippocampus, as the...
- horse) is any of 46 species of small marine bony fish in the genus Hippocampus. "Hippocampus" comes from the Ancient Gr**** hippókampos (ἱππόκαμπος), itself...
- Melqart riding on a winged hippocampus and accompanied by dolphins. Coins of the same period from Byblos show a hippocampus diving under a galley. A gold...
- Hippocampus anatomy describes the physical aspects and properties of the hippocampus, a neural structure in the medial temporal lobe of the brain. It has...
- Look up hippocampus or Hippocampus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The hippocampus is an anatomical subdivision of the brain, so named for its physical...
- The hippocampus proper refers to the actual structure of the hippocampus which is made up of three regions or subfields. The subfields CA1, CA2, and CA3...
- hippocampus, such as the dentate gyrus (DG) in the dorsal hippocampus, the left hippocampus, and the parahippocampal region. The dorsal hippocampus was...
- related to Hippocampus bargibanti. Wikispecies has information related to Hippocampus bargibanti. Hippocampus bargibanti media from ARKive Hippocampus bargibanti...
- related to Hippocampus kuda. Wikispecies has information related to Hippocampus kuda. Photos of Hippocampus kuda on Sealife Collection Hippocampus kuda (Common...
- Hippocampus (SP-654) was a yacht leased by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was used as a patrol boat along the New England coast. Hippocampus,...