ventricular
[ven-trik-yuh-ler]
- of, relating to, or of the nature of a ventricle.
- of or relating to a belly or to something resembling one.
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Origin of ventricular
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Contemporary Examples of ventricular
The rhythm on the monitor was ventricular fibrillation, random electrical oscillations.
Historical Examples of ventricular
This is usually known as the "Breath-band," or "Ventricular" breath-control.
The Psychology of SingingDavid C. Taylor
Such hearts always show increase in thickness of the ventricular wall.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:Louis Marshall Warfield
The third positive wave (v) occurs toward the end of ventricular systole.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:Louis Marshall Warfield
The patient had three convulsions and died with edema of lungs about 30 hours after the attack of ventricular fibrillation.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:Louis Marshall Warfield
Recently G. Canby Robinson has seen and made electrocardiograms of a case of ventricular fibrillation.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:Louis Marshall Warfield
ventricular
- of, relating to, involving, or constituting a ventricle
- having a belly
- swollen or distended; ventricose
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ventricular
(vĕn-trĭk′yə-lər)- Of or relating to a ventricle or ventriculus.
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The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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ventricle
[vĕn′trĭ-kəl]
- A chamber of the heart that receives blood from one or more atria and pumps it by muscular contraction into the arteries. Mammals, birds, and reptiles have two ventricles; amphibians and fish have one.
- Any of four fluid-filled cavities in the brain of vertebrate animals. The ventricles are filled with cerebrospinal fluid.
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