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hippocampal
[ hip-uh-kam-puhl ]
/ ˌhɪp əˈkæm pəl /
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adjective Anatomy.
of or relating to the hippocampus.
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Origin of hippocampal
First recorded in 1830–40; hippocamp(us) + -al1
OTHER WORDS FROM hippocampal
post·hip·po·cam·pal, adjectiveWords nearby hippocampal
Hippias, hippie, hippiedom, hippies, hippo, hippocampal, hippocampal gyrus, hippocampus, hip pocket, hippocras, Hippocrates
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How to use hippocampal in a sentence
They then artificially increased the mice’s rate of hippocampal neurogenesis.
What happens to our lost childhood memories? Motherhood sent me looking for answers.|Missy Ryan|February 4, 2021|Washington PostThe hippocampal fissure persists with little modification all through the mammalian class.
The region of cerebrum thus developed is the so-called olfactory lobe and hippocampal formation.
In the reptilian cerebrum the hippocampal region, the pallium marginale, coexists in addition.