ventricle
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English
Etymology
From late Middle English, from Latin ventriculus (“the belly”), diminutive of venter (“the belly”). Doublet of ventriculus.
Pronunciation
Noun
ventricle (plural ventricles)
- (anatomy, zootomy) Any small cavity within a body; a hollow part or organ, especially:
- One of two lower chambers of the heart.
- Synonym: cardioventricle
- Coordinate term: atrium
- Meronyms: left ventricle, right ventricle
- 2018, Sandeep Jauhar, Heart: a History, →ISBN, page 47:
- The muscular ventricles pump blood by contracting their fibers in response to electrical stimulation.
- (neuroanatomy) One of four fluid-filled cavities in the brain, that are continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord.
- Synonym: cerebroventricle
- Meronyms: fourth ventricle, lateral ventricle, third ventricle
- c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
- the ventricle of memory
- (archaic) The stomach.
- 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II: A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, page 72:
- [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) The womb.
- One of two lower chambers of the heart.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
one of two lower chambers of the heart
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one of the cavities of the brain
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References
- “ventricle”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “ventricle”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Further reading
- “ventricle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “ventricle”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.