单词 | hippocampus |
释义 | hippocampus /hip'euh kam"peuhs/, n. , pl. hippocampi /-puy, -pee/. 1. Class. Myth. a sea horse with two forefeet, and a body ending in the tail of a dolphin or fish. 2. Anat. an enfolding of cerebral cortex into the lateral fissure of a cerebral hemisphere, having the shape in cross section of a sea horse. [1600-10; < L < Gk hippókampos, equiv. to hippo- HIPPO- + kámpos sea monster] |
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