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Hippocampal

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hip·po·cam·pus  (hp-kmps)
n. pl. hip·po·cam·pi (-p)
A ridge in the floor of each lateral ventricle of the brain that consists mainly of gray matter and has a central role in memory processes.
[Late Latin, a sea horse with a horse's forelegs and a dolphin's tail (from its shape in cross section), from Greek hippokampos : hippos, horse; see ekwo- in Indo-European roots + kampos, sea monster.]
hippo·campal (-pl) adj.
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