ventri-
1
variant of ventro-.
Also, ventr-.
Related Words
- ventriloquism
- ventro-
1890 Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. VIII. 528The *ventri⁓cornu (ventral or ‘anterior’ extension of the myelic cinerea).
Ibid. ,The myelic cornua are strictly dorsal and ventral,..permitting the adjectives dorsicornual and *ventricornual.
1882 Wilder & Gage Anat. Technol. 36The body is *ventri⁓cumbent, so as to expose the dorsal aspect.
Ibid. 537To pith *ventriduct the head with the index, and pass the tip of the right index [ a frog] . [ etc.]
Ibid. 33For convenience, the dorsal and ventral borders of this plane may be called the dorsimeson and the *ventrimeson respectively.
1819 L. Hunt IndicatorNo. 12 (1822) I. 90Every thought of mind, and every feeling of his affection,..tends to one point, with a *ventripetal force.
1882 Wilder & Gage Anat. Technol. 485*Ventripyramid.
ventri-
combining form
see ventr-
see ventr-
ventri-ventro- ventr-
Prefix
- abdomen
Etymology
From the Latin word venter "stomach".
Usage notes
ventro- becomes
- ventr- before a vowel
- ventri- as in ventricose