ventriculus
noun
the part of the food tract in which digestion takes place, especially the lower cavity of a compound stomach in insects.
ventriculi
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pluralof ventriculus.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In humans, Sarcina ventriculi can thrive after surgery and produce gas that fills the walls of the intestine.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2021
Further studies of the DNA from the new species of bacterium show it has genes that make it more virulent than S. ventriculi.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 3, 2021
One lives in the soil and the other, first identified in 1844, is called Sarcina ventriculi and was known to cause gastrointestinal symptoms in humans and animals like those the Tacugama chimps suffered.
From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2021
The researchers then sequenced the genome from the bacteria in the sample, finding it most closely matched that of S. ventriculi.
From Science Magazine ● Feb. 3, 2021
Is not the cardia ventriculi the seat of this disease?
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
