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PROVENTRICULUS

\pɹˌuːvəntɹˈɪkjʊləs], \pɹˌuːvəntɹˈɪkjʊləs], \p_ɹ_ˌuː_v_ə_n_t_ɹ_ˈɪ_k_j_ʊ_l_ə_s]\

Definitions of PROVENTRICULUS

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms (6th edition)
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science

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A thin-walled, glandular stomach found in birds. It precedes the gizzard.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

In Insects, the digestive chamber anterior to the stomach ; in Worms, that anterior to the gizzard ; in Birds, the glandular stomach anterior to the gizzard.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

[Latin] In Insects, the digestive chamber anterior to the stomach; in Worms, that anterior to the gizzard; in Birds, the glandular stomach anterior to the gizzard (zool.).

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms (6th edition)
By J.H. Kenneth

A bulbous expansion at the termination of the oesophagus, immediately above the gizzard of birds, the walls of which are thickly studded with a layer of glands or follicles which secrete a digestive fluid.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

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