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English
Etymology
From New Latin *ventricularis, from ventriculus (“belly, stomach, ventricle”), diminutive of venter (“belly, stomach, womb”). Equivalent to ventricle + -ar; See ventricle.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ventricular (not comparable)
- Of or relating to a ventricle or ventriculus.
2015, Jaime Samour, Avian Medicine, page 297:Commonly indicated for treatment of sour crop (Fig. 11-11, A), an ingluviotomy is done to retrieve crop calculi, ingluvioliths, or foreign bodies (which are not accessible per os) or to retrieve proventricular or ventricular foreign bodies (using micromagnets [glued in place within plastic tubes], lavage, or endoscopy) and for the placement of an ingluviotomy or proventriculotomy tube or the collection of crop wall biopsies.
Derived terms
Translations
of or relating to a ventricle
Further reading
- “ventricular”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “ventricular”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Adjective
ventricular m or f (plural ventriculares)
- ventricular (of or relating to a ventricle)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French ventriculaire.
Adjective
ventricular m or n (feminine singular ventriculară, masculine plural ventriculari, feminine and neuter plural ventriculare)
- ventricular
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
ventrículo + -ar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bentɾikuˈlaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ven‧tri‧cu‧lar
Adjective
ventricular m or f (masculine and feminine plural ventriculares)
- ventricular
Derived terms
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