venter

[ ven-ter ]
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noun
  1. Anatomy, Zoology.

    • the abdomen or belly.

    • a bellylike cavity or concavity.

    • a bellylike protuberance.

  2. Law. the womb, or a wife or mother, as a source of offspring.

Origin of venter

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First recorded in 1535–45, venter is from the Latin word venter belly, womb

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British Dictionary definitions for venter (1 of 2)

venter

/ (ˈvɛntə) /


noun
  1. anatomy zoology

    • the belly or abdomen of vertebrates

    • a protuberant structure or part, such as the belly of a muscle

  2. botany the swollen basal region of an archegonium, containing the developing ovum

  1. law the womb

  2. in venter law conceived but not yet born

Origin of venter

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C16: from Latin

British Dictionary definitions for Venter (2 of 2)

Venter

/ (ˈvɛntə) /


noun
  1. (John) Craig. born 1946, US biologist: founder of the Institute for Genomic Research (1992) whose work contributed greatly to the mapping of the human genome

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