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parahippocampal gyrus

parahippocampal gyrus noun: a section of the cerebral cortex that surrounds the hippocampus and which is the lower part of the fornicate gyrus.

Noun

parahippocampal gyrus (plural parahippocampal gyri or parahippocampal gyruses)

  1. A section of the cerebral cortex that surrounds the hippocampus and which is the lower part of the fornicate gyrus.

Forms of parahippocampal gyrus

pluralparahippocampal gyri
pluralparahippocampal gyruses

Questions about parahippocampal gyrus

What does parahippocampal gyrus mean?
Parahippocampal gyrus means a section of the cerebral cortex that surrounds the hippocampus and which is the lower part of the fornicate gyrus.
What part of speech is parahippocampal gyrus?
Parahippocampal gyrus is a noun.
What is the plural of parahippocampal gyrus?
The plural of parahippocampal gyrus is parahippocampal gyri.

Words near parahippocampal gyrus in the dictionary

  1. paraherquamides
  2. parahexyl
  3. parahilar
  4. parahippocampal
  5. parahippocampal gyri
  6. parahippocampal gyrus
  7. parahippocampal gyruses
  8. parahippocampi
  9. parahippocampus
  10. parahistorian
  11. parahistorians

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