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Vinony

ventricle

noun

  1. chamber of the heart
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈvɛn.tɹɪk.əl/

noun

Etymology: From late Middle English, from Latin ventriculus (“the belly”), diminutive of venter (“the belly”). Doublet of ventriculus.

  1. Any small cavity within a body; a hollow part or organ, especially:

    “The muscular ventricles pump blood by contracting their fibers in response to electrical stimulation.”

  2. Any small cavity within a body; a hollow part or organ, especially:

    “the ventricle of memory”

  3. Any small cavity within a body; a hollow part or organ, especially:

    “[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;) […]”

  4. Any small cavity within a body; a hollow part or organ, especially: