hippocampus
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Noun
- A complex neural structure (shaped like a sea horse) consisting of grey matter and located on the floor of each lateral ventricle; intimately involved in motivation and emotion as part of the limbic system; has a central role in the formation of memories
- Seahorses
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Words that sound like the term "hippocampus".
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| 1 | homogeneous | 5 | 8 |
| 2 | helplessness | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | hydrolysis | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | heliopolis | 5 | 2 |
| 5 | heterozygous | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | hantavirus | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | harmfulness | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | headmistress | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | hellaciousness | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | heterosporous | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | homosporous | 4 | 0 |
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| 1 | campus | 2 | 33 |
| 2 | camps | 1 | 18 |
| 3 | proclaims | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | pompous | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | ignoramus | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | campuses | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | hippopotamus | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | hippocrates | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | hippopotamuses | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | hippos | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | hippolytus | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | hippocratic | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | polhamus | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | eohippus | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | pocus | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | hocus | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | hipps | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | hippo | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | camus | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | shiploads | 2 | 0 |
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Definitions: 2
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 11
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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Time or distance encoding by hippocampal neurons via heterogeneous ramping rates
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