OZDIC

ventricle

UK /ˈvɛn.tɹɪk.əl/ US /ˈvɛn.tɹɪk.əl/
noun 4

Definitions

noun

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:

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