ventricle
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
ventricle (plural ventricles)
- (anatomy, zoology) Any small cavity within a body; a hollow part or organ, especially:
- (anatomy) One of two lower chambers of the heart.
- (anatomy) One of four cavities in the brain.
- (archaic, anatomy, zoology) The stomach.
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 72:
- [On birds] "Where omitting the more general Properties, of having two Ventricles, and picking up stones to conveigh them into their second Ventricle, the Gizzern, (which provision and instinct is a supply for the want of teeth;) […] "
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 72:
- (archaic) The womb.
- German: Herzkammer
- Italian: ventricolo
- Portuguese: ventrículo
- Russian: желудочек
- Spanish: ventrículo
- Portuguese: ventrículo
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