Usually means: Brain region, critical for memory.
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  1. hippocampus: Merriam-Webster
  2. Hippocampus, hippocampus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hippocampus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hippocampus: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Hippocampus, hippocampus: Vocabulary.com
  6. Hippocampus, hippocampus: Wordnik
  7. hippocampus: Wiktionary
  8. hippocampus: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. hippocampus: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. hippocampus: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. hippocampus: Dictionary.com
  12. Hippocampus (Genus), Hippocampus (disambiguation), Hippocampus (genus), Hippocampus (journal), Hippocampus (mythology), Hippocampus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Hippocampus: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. hippocampus: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. Hippocampus: Rhymezone
  16. Hippocampus: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. hippocampus: FreeDictionary.org
  18. hippocampus: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. hippocampus: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. Hippocampus: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hippocampus (anatomy), Hippocampus (fish), hippocampus: Encyclopedia

Medicine (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. hippocampus: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Hippocampus: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Hippocampus: Merck Manuals
  6. hippocampus: Sound Alike Words
  7. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  8. Hippocampus: Gray's Anatomy (1918)
  9. DICTIONARY OF TERMS IN ORAL PHYSIOLOGY (No longer online)
  10. Terms in the field of Psychiatry and Neurology (No longer online)
  11. Hippocampus (anatomy), hippocampus: Medical dictionary
  12. Hippocampus: Drug Medical Dictionary
  13. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hippocampus: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hippocampus)

▸ noun:  (mythology) A mythological creature with the front head and forelimbs of a horse and the rear of a dolphin.
▸ noun:  (neuroanatomy, anatomy) A part of the brain located inside the temporal lobe, consisting mainly of grey matter. It is a component of the limbic system and plays a role in memory and emotion.

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genus hippocampus, hippocentaur, hippopotamoid, hippogriff, doghead, river horse, hippo, eohippus, hippopotamus, hircocervus, more...

Opposite:
amygdala, frontal lobe, cerebellum

Types:
seahorse, dolphin, whale, killer whale, porpoise, manatee, seal, selion, more...

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hippocampus minor, hippocampus erectus, genus hippocampus, hippocampus major, hippocampus (anatomy), more...

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dorsal, human, right, left, adult, anterior, posterior, mammalian, contralateral, epileptic, normal

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Similar:
genus hippocampus, hippocentaur, hippopotamoid, hippogriff, doghead, river horse, hippo, eohippus, hippopotamus, hircocervus, more...

Opposite:
amygdala, frontal lobe, cerebellum

Types:
seahorse, dolphin, whale, killer whale, porpoise, manatee, seal, selion, more...

Phrases:
hippocampus minor, hippocampus erectus, genus hippocampus, hippocampus major, hippocampus (anatomy), Hippocampus proper, Hippocampus anatomy, Hippocampus kuda, Hippocampus bargibanti, more...

Adjectives:
dorsal, human, right, left, adult, anterior, posterior, mammalian, contralateral, epileptic, normal

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    teal,     turquoise,     aqua,     seafoam,     coral, more...



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