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ventral Definition

ven·tral (ven′trəl)

adjective

  1. Anat., Zool. of, near, on, or toward the belly or the side of the body where the belly is located: in humans the front, or anterior, side but in most other animals the lower, or inferior, side
  2. Bot. of or belonging to the inner or lower surface

Etymology: Fr < L ventralis < venter, belly < IE base *udero-, belly > L uterus, womb, Ger wanst, paunch

ventral Related Forms
ven′·trally adverb
ventral Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • striatum: Significant signal change in the region of the ventral striatum was also observed on such reversal errors, from a region of interest analysis.
  • sucker: The suckers are approximately the same in size, the ventral sucker being slightly anterior to the midline of the parasite.
  • hernia: This approach is suitable for all sizes of ventral hernia.
  • fin: The concave dorsal fin begins above the base of the ventral fins.
  • cortex: It was, however, associated with a larger neural signal ( over the contra-lateral ventral occipital cortex ), than the unattended light.
  • fur: Juveniles are grayish in color with the ventral fur being slightly paler.