hippocampi

Variant of hippocampus

hippocampus definition

hippo·cam·pus (hip′ō kam′pəs)

noun pl. hippocampi -·cam′pi (-pī)

  1. Gr. & Rom. Myth. a sea monster with the head and forequarters of a horse and the tail of a dolphin or fish
  2. a ridge along the lower section of each lateral ventricle of the brain

Etymology: L, sea horse < Gr hippokampos, hippocampus < hippos (see hippo-) + kampos, sea monster

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