Malayalam Meaning of hippocampus

ഹിപ്പോകാമ്പസ്

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Definitions and Meaning of hippocampus in English

Wordnet

hippocampus (n)

a complex neural structure (shaped like a sea horse) consisting of grey matter and located on the floor of each lateral ventricle; intimately involved in motivation and emotion as part of the limbic system; has a central role in the formation of memories

seahorses

Webster

hippocampus (n.)

A fabulous monster, with the head and fore quarters of a horse joined to the tail of a dolphin or other fish (brevirostris), -- seen in Pompeian paintings, attached to the chariot of Neptune.

A genus of lophobranch fishes of several species in which the head and neck have some resemblance to those of a horse; -- called also sea horse.

A name applied to either of two ridges of white matter in each lateral ventricle of the brain. The larger is called hippocampus major or simply hippocampus. The smaller, hippocampus minor, is called also ergot and calcar.

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ഹിപ്പോകാമ്പസ്

a complex neural structure (shaped like a sea horse) consisting of grey matter and located on the floor of each lateral ventricle; intimately involved in motiva

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hippocampal => ഹിപ്പോകാംപൽ, hippocamp => ഹിപ്പോകാമ്പസ്, hippoboscidae => ഹിപ്പോബോസ്സിഡി, hippoboscid => ഹിപ്പോബോസ്കിഡ്, hippobosca equina => കുതിരയുടെ ഹിപ്പോബോസ്‌ക,