ventricular

[ven-trik-yuh-ler]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or of the nature of a ventricle.

2. of or relating to a belly or to something resembling one.

Other Word Forms

• interventricular adjective
• subventricular adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ventricular¹

1815–25; < Latin ventricul ( us ) ( ventricle ) + -ar ¹

Example Sentences

This work is important because ventricular arrhythmia is the most lethal complication after myocardial infarction.

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This allows her heart to deflate, allowing the "very tricky" procedure to detach part of her heart - the right ventricular outflow tract - and the pulmonary artery from where it has stuck to her skin.

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The reduction in LV mass correlated with the reduction in body weight, as well as with decreases in left ventricular volumes.

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“Lisa is in stable condition, and her left ventricular assist device is still functioning,” Dr. Montgomery said, referring to the heart pump.

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The pump, a new type of ventricular assist device, or VAD, is surgically attached to the heart to augment its blood-pumping action in individuals with heart failure, allowing time to find a donor heart.

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