ventral
Americanadjective
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of or relating to the venter or belly; abdominal.
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Anatomy, Zoology. situated on or toward the lower, abdominal plane of the body; equivalent to the front, or anterior, in humans.
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Botany, Mycology. of or designating the lower or inner surface of a structure.
adjective
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relating to the front part of the body; towards the belly Compare dorsal
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of, relating to, or situated on the upper or inner side of a plant organ, esp a leaf, that is facing the axis
Other Word Forms
- interventral adjective
- postventral adjective
- preventral adjective
- subventral adjective
- subventrally adverb
- ventrally adverb
Etymology
Origin of ventral
1730–40; < Latin ventrālis, equivalent to vent ( e ) r venter + -ālis -al 1
Example Sentences
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It is called the ventral hippocampus, which is responsible for learning, emotions, fear and memory.
From Salon • Feb. 22, 2025
Intriguingly, this modulation was not mirrored in reward centers like the ventral tegmental area, challenging previous assumptions about nicotine's impact.
From Science Daily • Feb. 13, 2024
“While enrolled trilobite fossils are really common, we don’t have any of the ventral soft tissue preserved,” said Sarah Losso, a Ph.D. candidate at Harvard University who specializes in trilobite evolution.
From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2023
Mr Dixon pioneered the use of artificial mesh to lift prolapsed bowels and a review of the care he gave patients receiving Laparoscopic ventral mesh rectopexy has already concluded.
From BBC • Sep. 11, 2023
Creeping, branches ascending; leaves remote, obliquely spreading, obovate-cuneate, the dorsal margin reflexed, entire, the ventral and apex spinulose-toothed; perianth rounded, at length oblong, the mouth spinulose.—Shaded rocks in mountain regions; rare.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
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