Definitions for ventricle

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ventricle ven·tri·cle

Spelling: [ven-tri-kuh l]

IPA: /ˈvɛn trɪ kəl/

Ventricle is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 386 anagrams from letters in ventricle (ceeilnrtv).

Definitions for ventricle

noun

1. Zoology. any of various hollow organs or parts in an animal body.
2. Anatomy. either of the two lower chambers on each side of the heart that receive blood from the atria and in turn force it into the arteries. one of a series of connecting cavities of the brain.

Origin of ventricle

1350-1400; Middle English Latin ventriculus belly, ventricle. See venter, -i-, -cle¹

Examples for ventricle

The heart has three chambers, two auricles and one ventricle.

He believed that the fourth ventricle was the seat of the soul.

In the right auricle, and ventricle, was some coagulated blood.

The right auricle and ventricle were large, and their parietes thin.

It contains one auricle and one ventricle only, not two of each as in man.

The heart consists of two moieties, or lobes, known as the auricle and ventricle.

Of these parts the ventricle is deepest in color and with thickest walls.

The third ventricle especially has its origin in a misunderstanding.

When she pulled her fingers away, she could see the thrust of his ventricle against his skin.

This part of the ventricle is stated by Wilder to be without a roof.