parahippocampal

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adjective

Surrounding the hippocampus.

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Meanings

adjectiveparahippocampal (not comparable)
  1. not comparableSurrounding the hippocampus.
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    Another recent study found that in a delayed recognition working memory task, after affecting the functional connectivity between the PFC and the parahippocampal place area with a task designed to produce interference, older adults were unable to regain connectivity to preinterference levels, unlike younger adults who could.

    2016, Pierre Jolicoeur, Christine Lefebvre, Julio Martinez-Trujillo, Mechanisms of Sensory Working Memory, page 128

Origin

From para- + hippocampal.

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APA

parahippocampal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parahippocampal

MLA

“parahippocampal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parahippocampal. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parahippocampal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parahippocampal.

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