hippocampus
A mythological creature with the front head and forelimbs of a horse and the rear of a fish.
Other meanings
A part of the brain located inside the temporal lobe, consisting mainly of grey matter. It is a component of the limbic system and plays a role in memory and emotion.
A kind of
- neural structure
Related words
- hippocampal
- hippocampectomy
- hippocampic
- hippocampocortical
- parahippocampus
Word history
From Latin "hippocampus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “hippocampus” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.