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cornu Ammonis (medicine)


cornu ammonis -->
Ammon's horn


One of the two interlocking gyri composing the hippocampus, the other being the dentate gyrus.

Synonym: cornu ammonis.

Origin: G. Ammon, the Egyptian deity Amun