left ventricle

noun

One of the four chambers of the heart of humans and other mammals, which receives oxygenated blood from the left atrium and pumps it out through the aorta.

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Meanings

nounleft ventricle (plural left ventricles)

plural left ventricles

  1. anatomyOne of the four chambers of the heart of humans and other mammals, which receives oxygenated blood from the left atrium and pumps it out through the aorta.
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APA

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