alveus
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Related to Alveus of the hippocampus: cornu ammonis, Hippocampal commissure, fasciolar gyrus, subiculum, Stratum oriens
alveus
In ancient Rome, a bath constructed in the floor of a room, the upper part of it projecting above the floor, the lower part being sunk into the floor itself.
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