Etymology

ventricular

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Today it means: Of or relating to a ventricle or ventriculus. Full definition →

New Latin *ventricularis
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  1. New Latin · derived from*ventricularis
  2. English todayventricular

From New Latin *ventricularis, from ventriculus (“belly, stomach, ventricle”), diminutive of venter (“belly, stomach, womb”). Equivalent to ventricle + -ar; See ventricle.

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