hippocampus
hippocampus 英 [,hɪpə(ʊ)'kæmpəs] 美 [,hɪpə'kæmpəs]
n. [解剖][脊椎] 海马；马头鱼尾怪兽（神话中的一个形象）
名词复数:hippocampuss
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- n. [解剖][脊椎] 海马；马头鱼尾怪兽（神话中的一个形象）
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1. This area, which includes the hippocampus and is associated with memory, is a frequent source of epileptic seizures.
这个包含海马区在内的区域，与记忆密切相关，是多种癫痫发作的一个根源。
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2. Winson believed that when we dream the hippocampus 'teaches' the neocortex what it learnt that day — effectively reinforcing memory.
文森认为，当我们梦到海马“教”脑皮层当天它所获悉的东西时——实际上是在加强记忆。
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3. Another set of neurons grew in the hippocampus, a crucial memory center in the brain, which helped to consolidate the smell of his pups into a long-term memory.
大脑中一个至关重要的记忆中心海马部位也生成了另一套神经细胞，这有助于将幼鼠的气味固化在老鼠爸爸的长期记忆中。
- hippocampus (n.) c. 1600, a kind of sea monster, part horse and part dolphin or fish, often pictured pulling Neptune's chariot, from Late Latin hippocampus, from Greek hippokampos, from hippos "horse" (from PIE root *ekwo- "horse") + kampos "a sea monster," which is perhaps related to kampe "caterpillar." Used from 1570s as a name of a type of fish (the seahorse); of a part of the brain from 1706, on supposed resemblance to the fish.
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