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English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin ventriculus (“the belly”), diminutive of venter (“the belly”). Doublet of ventricle.
Pronunciation
Noun
ventriculus (plural ventriculi)
- (anatomy, zootomy) A digestive cavity such as a gizzard or stomach.
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Latin
Etymology
From venter (“the belly”) + -culus.
Pronunciation
Noun
ventriculus m (genitive ventriculī); second declension
- (literal) the belly
- (transferred sense, anatomy)
- the stomach
- a ventricle of the heart
- a ventricle of the brain
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Inflection
Second-declension noun.
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References
- “ventriculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ventriculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ventriculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.