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HIPPOCAMPAL FISSURE

\hˈɪpəkˌampə͡l fˈɪʃə], \hˈɪpəkˌampə‍l fˈɪʃə], \h_ˈɪ_p_ə_k_ˌa_m_p_əl f_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə]\

Definitions of HIPPOCAMPAL FISSURE

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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fissure above the temporal lobe on mesial surface of cerebrum.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The cerebral f. which extends from the splenium to near the tip of the temporal lobe and is collocated with the hippocampus major in the middle horn of the lateral ventricle.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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