adj
Meaning 1
Related to the abdomen or stomach.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
ventral
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/ˈvɛntɹəl/
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adj
Meaning 2
On the front side of the human body, or the corresponding surface of an animal, usually the lower surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
On or relating to the sole of the foot or the palmar surface of the hand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
On the lower side of the brain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Any of the enlarged and transversely elongated scales that extend down the underside of a snake's body from the neck to the anal scale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 6
nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the upper side of a leaf is known as the adaxial surface
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: adaxial
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 7
toward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or lower surface of a lower animal)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the ventral aspect of the human body
- the liver is somewhat ventral in position
- ventral (or pelvic) fins correspond to the hind limbs of a quadruped
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: dorsal
History
Etymology
From French ventral, from Latin ventrālis, from venter (“belly, abdomen”); by surface analysis, ventr- + -al.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: коремен (koremen) — related to the abdomen or stomach
- Finnish: vatsa- — related to the abdomen or stomach
- Finnish: ventraalinen — related to the abdomen or stomach
- French: ventral — related to the abdomen or stomach
- Galician: ventral — related to the abdomen or stomach
- German: Bauch- — related to the abdomen or stomach
- German: ventral — related to the abdomen or stomach
- Hungarian: hasi — related to the abdomen or stomach
- Portuguese: ventral — related to the abdomen or stomach
- Romanian: ventral — related to the abdomen or stomach
- Russian: вентральный (ventralʹnyj) — related to the abdomen or stomach
- Russian: брюшной (brjušnoj) — related to the abdomen or stomach
- Tagalog: katiyanan — related to the abdomen or stomach
- Catalan: ventral — (anatomy) on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal
- Finnish: vatsapuolen — (anatomy) on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal
- Finnish: ventraalinen — (anatomy) on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal
- French: ventral — (anatomy) on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal
- Galician: ventral — (anatomy) on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal
- Portuguese: ventral — (anatomy) on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal
- Romanian: ventral — (anatomy) on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal
- Russian: вентральный (ventralʹnyj) — (anatomy) on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal
- Russian: брюшной (brjušnoj) — (anatomy) on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal
- Spanish: ventral — (anatomy) on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal
- Tagalog: katiyanan — (anatomy) on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal
- Finnish: ventraalinen — (anatomy) on or relating to the bottom portion of either foot and/or hand
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