ventriculus

American  

[ven-trik-yuh-luhs] / vɛnˈtrɪk jə ləs /

noun

Zoology.

ventriculi plural

1. the part of the food tract in which digestion takes place, especially the lower cavity of a compound stomach in insects.

2. gizzard.

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ventriculus British  

/ vɛnˈtrɪkjʊləs /

noun

1. zoology

   1. the midgut of an insect, where digestion takes place

   2. the gizzard of a bird

2. another word for ventricle

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• ventriculi
  plural

Etymology

Origin of ventriculus

From Latin, dating back to 1685–95; see origin at ventricle

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

ventriculus ventriculi

Resemblances also exist between the endospores and the spore-formations in the Saccharomycetes, and if Bacillus inflatus, B. ventriculus, &c., really form more than one spore in the cell, these analogies are strengthened.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

One lives in the soil and the other, first identified in 1844, is called Sarcina ventriculi and was known to cause gastrointestinal symptoms in humans and animals like those the Tacugama chimps suffered.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2021

Its closest relative is Sarcina ventriculi, however, a rare cause of gastrointestinal disease that does infect people, as well as cattle, cats, and horses.

From Science Magazine ● Feb. 3, 2021

In humans, Sarcina ventriculi can thrive after surgery and produce gas that fills the walls of the intestine.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2021

Further studies of the DNA from the new species of bacterium show it has genes that make it more virulent than S. ventriculi.

From Science Magazine ● Feb. 3, 2021

One about the pharinx, where the œsophagus opens into the mouth, and the other about the cardia ventriculi, where it opens into the stomach.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus