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Word: Hippocampus
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late16th century (denoting a sea horse): via Latin from Greek hippokampos, from hippos ‘horse’ + kampos ‘sea monster’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌhɪpə(ʊ)ˈkampəs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the elongated ridges on the floor of each lateral ventricle of the brain, thought to be the centre of emotion, memory, and the autonomic nervous system.
Short Definition:elongated ridges on floor of each lateral ventricle of brain
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