Definitions for hippocampus

Overview of noun hippocampus

The noun hippocampus has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. 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)

2. Hippocampus, genus Hippocampus

(seahorses)