hippocampal
[ hip-uh-kam-puh l ]
/ ˌhɪp əˈkæm pəl /
adjective Anatomy.
of or relating to the hippocampus.
Origin of hippocampal
First recorded in 1830–40;
hippocamp(us) +
-al1
OTHER WORDS FROM hippocampal
post·hip·po·cam·pal, adjectiveWords nearby hippocampal
hippies,
hippo,
hippo regius,
hippo zarytus,
hippo-,
hippocampal,
hippocampal fissure,
hippocampal gyrus,
hippocampal sulcus,
hippocampus,
hippocras
Example sentences from the Web for hippocampal
The hippocampal fissure persists with little modification all through the mammalian class.
In the reptilian cerebrum the hippocampal region, the pallium marginale, coexists in addition.
The region of cerebrum thus developed is the so-called olfactory lobe and hippocampal formation.