ventriculus

American  

[ven-trik-yuh-luhs] / vɛnˈtrɪk jə ləs /

noun

Zoology.

ventriculi plural

1. the part of the food tract in which digestion takes place, especially the lower cavity of a compound stomach in insects.

2. gizzard.

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ventriculus British  

/ vɛnˈtrɪkjʊləs /

noun

1. zoology

   1. the midgut of an insect, where digestion takes place

   2. the gizzard of a bird

2. another word for ventricle

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• ventriculi
  plural

Etymology

Origin of ventriculus

From Latin, dating back to 1685–95; see origin at ventricle

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

ventriculus ventriculi

Resemblances also exist between the endospores and the spore-formations in the Saccharomycetes, and if Bacillus inflatus, B. ventriculus, &c., really form more than one spore in the cell, these analogies are strengthened.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

The illnesses and deaths in humans and animals attributed to Sarcina ventriculi may actually be caused by the new bacterium, or similar species.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2021

Its closest relative is Sarcina ventriculi, however, a rare cause of gastrointestinal disease that does infect people, as well as cattle, cats, and horses.

From Science Magazine ● Feb. 3, 2021

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

Is not the cardia ventriculi the seat of this disease?

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus