WordNet: hippocampus
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
- hypernym neural structure
- part holonym limbic brain, limbic system, visceral brain
hippocampus
- (suomi) hippokampus (synonyymi)
- (suomi) aivoturso (synonyymi)