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HIPPOCAMPUS MAJOR

\hˈɪpəkˌampəs mˈe͡ɪd͡ʒə], \hˈɪpəkˌampəs mˈe‍ɪd‍ʒə], \h_ˈɪ_p_ə_k_ˌa_m_p_ə_s m_ˈeɪ_dʒ_ə]\

Definitions of HIPPOCAMPUS MAJOR

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

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A curved structure on floor of the middle horn of the lateral ventricle.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Syn.: Cornu Ammonis, Cornu Arietes. A curved projection of white matter occupying nearly the entire floor of the middle horn of the lateral ventricle. At its ventral end there is a peculiar enlargement (the pes hippocampi). [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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