hippocampal

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adjective

Pertaining to the hippocampus.

Less commonScrabble 24

Meanings

adjectivehippocampal (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePertaining to the hippocampus.

    An article on hippocampal association that Diana Hartrick co-authored grabbed my imagination.

    1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, Vintage (2019), page 62
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    It has been shown that PQQ could be involved in the treatment of neurological and psychical disorders. For example, it was demonstrated to have excellent neuroprotective efficacy in vitro and in vivo models of NMDAR-mediated or other neurotoxicant, such as methylmercury and 6-hydroxydopamine, induced neurotoxicity and electrical responses [4], to reduce the infarct size in animals with hypoxia and ischemia [5], to protect hippocampal neurons from the increase of the intracellular Ca²⁺ level and to be effective in an animal model of epilepsy [6].

    2010 October 10, Yanyan Kong et al., “Preparation of 99mTc-PQQ and preliminary biological evaluation for the NMDA receptor”, in Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, volume 287, →DOI, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2025

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Englishhippocampus
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  4. Englishhippocampal

From hippocampus + -al.

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Translations

Portuguese hipocampal
  • hipocampalpertaining to the hippocampus
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APA

hippocampal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hippocampal

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“hippocampal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hippocampal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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