ventriculus

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin ventriculus (“the belly”), diminutive of venter (“the belly”). Doublet of ventricle. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /vɛnˈtɹɪk.jəl.əs/, /vənˈtɹɪk.jəl.əs/ Rhymes: -ɪkjʊləs === Noun === ventriculus (plural ventriculi) (anatomy, zootomy) A digestive cavity such as a gizzard or stomach. ==== Derived terms ==== proventriculus ventricular ==== Related terms ==== ventriculite === References === “ventriculus”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. == Latin == === Etymology === From venter (“the belly”) + -culus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɛnˈtrɪ.kʊ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [venˈtriː.ku.lus] === Noun === ventriculus m (genitive ventriculī); second declension (literal) the belly (transferred sense, anatomy) the stomach a ventricle of the heart a ventricle of the brain ==== Inflection ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== prōventriculus ventriculātiō (noun) ventriculōsus (adjective) ==== Related terms ==== ventricola ventricultor ==== Descendants ==== === References === “ventriculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ventriculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “ventriculus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.