different between hippocampus vs retrohippocampal

English

Etymology

From Late Latin hippocampus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (hippókampos), from??????? (híppos, “horse”) +? ?????? (kámpos, “sea-monster”). The anatomy sense is so named from its resemblance to the seahorse.

Noun

hippocampus (plural hippocampi or hippocampuses)

1. (mythology) A mythological creature with the front head and forelimbs of a horse and the rear of a dolphin.

   Synonym: hippocamp

2. (neuroanatomy, anatomy) A part of the brain located inside the temporal lobe, consisting mainly of grey matter. It is a component of the limbic system and plays a role in memory and emotion.

Synonyms

• (neuroanatomy): HIPP

Derived terms

• hippocampal
• hippocampic

Translations

Further reading

• hippocampus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• hippocampus (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Alternative forms

• hippocampos

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (hippókampos), from????? (híppos, “horse”) +? ?????? (kámpos, “sea-monster”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /hip.po?kam.pus/, [h?p???kämp?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ip.po?kam.pus/, [ip???k?mpus]

Noun

hippocampus m (genitive hippocamp?); second declension

1. a seahorse

Declension

Second-declension noun.

References

• hippocampus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hippocampus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• hippocampus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

English

Etymology

retro- +? hippocampal

Adjective

retrohippocampal (comparative more retrohippocampal, superlative most retrohippocampal)

1. To the rear of the hippocampus