hippocampus

/,hipә'kæmpәs/

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中文翻译

n. [希神][罗神]马头鱼尾的怪兽, [鱼]海马

英文解释

n. a complex neural structure (shaped like a sea horse) consisting of grey matter and located on the floor of each lateral ventricle; intimately involved in motivation and emotion as part of the limbic system; has a central role in the formation of memories

n. seahorses

常见例句

intimately connected with the hypothalamus and the hippocampus and the cingulate gyrus

the calcar avis, hippocampus minor, or ergot.

n generally any arch shaped structure (but often it refers to the arched roof of an anatomical space) n an arched bundle of white fibers at the base of the brain by which the hippocampus of each hemisphere projects to the contralateral hippocampus and to the thalamus and mamillary bodies

See Hippocampus.

Of or pertaining to the hippocampus.