Толковый словарь английского языка - hippocampus
Hippocampus
hippocampus
noun (plural hippocampi) see: equine Date: 1706 a curved elongated ridge that extends over the floor of the descending horn of each lateral ventricle of the brain, that consists of gray matter covered on the ventricular surface with white matter, and that is involved in forming, storing, and processing memory, hippocampal adjective
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n. (pl. hippocampi) 1 any marine fish of the genus Hippocampus, swimming vertically and with a head suggestive of a horse; a sea horse. 2 Anat. the elongated ridges on the floor of each lateral ventricle of the brain, thought to be the centre of emotion and the autonomic nervous system. Etymology: L f. Gk hippokampos f. hippos horse + kampos sea monster ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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