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

The illnesses and deaths in humans and animals attributed to Sarcina ventriculi may actually be caused by the new bacterium, or similar species.

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 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

The researchers then sequenced the genome from the bacteria in the sample, finding it most closely matched that of S. ventriculi.

From Science Magazine ● Feb. 3, 2021

Sir Astley Cooper mentioned a case of hernia ventriculi from external violence, wherein the diaphragm was lacerated without any fracture of the ribs.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)