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ventrolateral

American  
[ven-troh-lat-er-uhl] / ˌvɛn troʊˈlæt ər əl /

adjective

Anatomy, Zoology.
  1. of, relating to, or affecting the front and side.


Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of ventrolateral

First recorded in 1825–35; ventro- + lateral

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Scientists now have concrete evidence that two groups of cells—the ventrolateral preoptic nucleus in the hypothalamus and the parafacial zone in the brain stem—are involved in prompting SWS.

From Scientific American Sep. 14, 2015

In both groups breeding males have large ventrolateral glands, but the two groups are easily separated by four characters.

From Descriptions of Two Species of Frogs, Genus Ptychohyla Studies of American Hylid Frogs, V by Duellman, William E.

The ventrolateral glands in schmidtorum more closely approximate one another midventrally than in chamulae.

From Descriptions of Two Species of Frogs, Genus Ptychohyla Studies of American Hylid Frogs, V by Duellman, William E.

In two specimens the ventrolateral glands are weakly developed; in the others the glands are well developed and orange-tan.

From A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by Duellman, William E.

Diagnosis.—Small hylids having stream-adapted tadpoles and differing from other hylid genera in having large ventrolateral glands in breeding males.

From A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by Duellman, William E.

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