ventricle

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/ˈvɛn.tɹɪk.əl/

Definition of ventricle

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

Any small cavity within a body; a hollow part or organ, especially:

“The muscular ventricles pump blood by contracting their fibers in response to electrical stimulation.”

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noun

Any small cavity within a body; a hollow part or organ, especially:

“The muscular ventricles pump blood by contracting their fibers in response to electrical stimulation.”
Any small cavity within a body; a hollow part or organ, especially:

“the ventricle of memory”
(archaic)Any small cavity within a body; a hollow part or organ, especially:

“[On birds] Where omitting the more general Properties, of having two Ventricles, and picking up stones to conveigh them into their second Ventricle, the Gizzern, (which provision and instinct is a supply for the want of teeth;) […]”
(archaic)Any small cavity within a body; a hollow part or organ, especially:

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From late Middle English, from Latin ventriculus (“the belly”), diminutive of venter (“the belly”). Doublet of ventriculus.

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