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• plural of ventricle.

ventricles

Cultural  

1. The two lower chambers of the heart, which receive blood from the atria and pump it into the arteries. (See circulatory system.)

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Example Sentences

Symptoms of NPH — in which cerebrospinal fluid accumulates in the ventricles of the brain but pressure doesn’t increase — include difficulty walking, according to the Alzheimer’s Assn.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025

"The left and right ventricles are highly coupled, so as the device disrupts flow through the system, that can unmask or induce right heart failure in many patients," Lamberti says.

From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2024

And it might also lead to insights that could help parents and doctors treat babies with hydrocephalus, a neurological disorder caused by a buildup of cerebrospinal fluid in ventricles deep within the brain.

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2023

Chakraborty suspected the outsize cells help bulk up that part of the fly’s heart, the equivalent of the human heart’s muscular ventricles.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 23, 2023

My arms are atria and my legs are ventricles and I pump the blood all around the right way because there has to be something I can do.

From "Mockingbird" by Kathryn Erskine