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ventricle

ven·tri·cle
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ven-tri-kuh l]
    • /ˈvɛn trɪ kəl/
    • /ˈven.trɪ.kl̩/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ven-tri-kuh l]
    • /ˈvɛn trɪ kəl/

Definitions of ventricle word

  • noun ventricle Zoology. any of various hollow organs or parts in an animal body. 1
  • noun ventricle 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. 1
  • noun ventricle anatomy: heart chamber 1
  • countable noun ventricle A ventricle is a part of the heart that pumps blood to the arteries. 0
  • noun ventricle a chamber of the heart, having thick muscular walls, that receives blood from the atrium and pumps it to the arteries 0
  • noun ventricle any one of the four main cavities of the vertebrate brain, which contain cerebrospinal fluid 0
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Origin of ventricle

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English < Latin ventriculus belly, ventricle. See venter, -i-, -cle1

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Parts of speech for Ventricle

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Ventricle

ventricle popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Related words

  • aortic valve

    a semilunar valve between the aorta and the left ventricle of the heart that prevents the blood from flowing back into the left ventricle.

  • heart

    Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.

  • pulmonary valve

    a semilunar valve between the pulmonary artery and the right ventricle of the heart that prevents the blood from flowing back into the right ventricle.

  • tetralogy of fallot

    a congenital malformation of the heart characterized by an abnormal opening in the septum dividing the ventricles, misplacement of the aorta so that it receives blood from both ventricles instead of only the left ventricle, narrowing of the pulmonary artery, and enlargement of the right ventricle.

  • ventricular

    of, relating to, or of the nature of a ventricle.

  • aorta

    The aorta is the main artery through which blood leaves your heart before it flows through the rest of your body.
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