ventricular

[ ven-trik-yuh-ler ]

/ vɛnˈtrɪk yə lər /

adjective

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

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

Nearby words

ventri-, ventricle, ventricles, ventricose, ventricosity, ventricular, ventricular artery, ventricular band of larynx, ventricular complex, ventricular conduction, ventricular escape

Origin of ventricular

1815–25; < Latin ventricul(us) (see ventricle) + -ar¹

Related formsin·ter·ven·tric·u·lar, adjectivesub·ven·tric·u·lar, adjective

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Examples from the Web for ventricular

The rhythm on the monitor was ventricular fibrillation, random electrical oscillations.
Real Life Lazarus: When Patients Rise From the Dead|Sandeep Jauhar|August 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Most of those seen in the clinic have their origin in some part of the ventricular wall.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:|Louis Marshall Warfield
The examination should be methodical, and should include the vocal cords, ventricular bands, and openings of the ventricles.
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Hence it is uncertain whether the above reference be to auricles left attached to the body or removed with the ventricular mass.
Harvey's Views on the Use of the Circulation of the Blood|John G. Curtis

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
The ventricular cavity should now be opened up as far as the aorta, and the semilunar valves examined.
A Practical Physiology|Albert F. Blaisdell

British Dictionary definitions for ventricular

ventricular

/ (vɛnˈtrɪkjʊlə) /

adjective

of, relating to, involving, or constituting a ventricle

having a belly

swollen or distended; ventricose

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Medicine definitions for ventricular

ventricular

[ vĕn-trĭk′yə-lər ]

adj.

Of or relating to a ventricle or ventriculus.

Science definitions for ventricular

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.

Related formsventricular adjective (vĕn-trĭk′yə-lər)