Meaning | Toward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or lower surface of a lower animal). |
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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"
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Narrower | dorsoventral | Extending from the back to the belly |
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Opposite | dorsal | belonging to or on or near the back or upper surface of an animal or organ or part |
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Spanish | ventral |
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Catalan | ventral |
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Nouns | venter | the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis |
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venter | a bulging body part (as the belly of a muscle) |
venter | the womb |
Adverbs | ventrally | in a ventral location or direction |
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