English Explanatory Dictionary

ventral

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Related to the abdomen or stomach.
On the front side of the human body, or the corresponding surface of an animal, usually the lower surface.
On or relating to the sole of the foot or the palmar surface of the hand.
On the lower side of the brain.

noun

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.

Pronunciation

/ˈvɛntɹəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ventral.wav

Word forms

ventral ventrals

Etymology

From French ventral, from Latin ventrālis, from venter (“belly, abdomen”); by surface analysis, ventr- + -al.

Antonyms

dorsal

Derived words

anterioventral anteroventral apicoventral basiventral basoventral biventral caudoventral cranioventral distoventral dorsoventral endoventral holoventral lateroventral medioventral midventral nonventral occipitoventral paraventral posteroventral preventral proximoventral retroventral rostrolateroventral rostroventral sinistroventral subventral uteroventral ventral fin ventralize ventrally ventralmost ventral nerve cord ventral striatum ventral tegmental area ventral tegmentum ventriduct ventromedial

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