n., pl., -pi (-pī').
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 + kampos, sea monster.]
hippocampal hip'po·cam'pal (-pəl) adj.
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