Hippocampus (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun, plural hip·po·cam·pi [hip-uh-kam-pahy, -pee]. /ˌhɪp əˈkæm paɪ, -pi/.
  1. a fish-tailed horse of the sea that was ridden by the sea gods.
  2. an enfolding of cerebral cortex into the lateral fissure of a cerebral hemisphere, having a major role in learning, emotion, and memory, and named for the seahorse shape of its cross section.
noun plural -pi (-paɪ)
  1. a mythological sea creature with the forelegs of a horse and the tail of a fish
  2. any marine teleost fish of the genus Hippocampus, having a horselike head
  3. an area of cerebral cortex that forms a ridge in the floor of the lateral ventricle of the brain, which in cross section has the shape of a sea horse. It functions as part of the limbic system
Plural hippocampi (hĭp′ə-kăm′pī′)
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