VENTRAL
\vˈɛntɹə͡l], \vˈɛntɹəl], \v_ˈɛ_n_t_ɹ_əl]\
Definitions of VENTRAL
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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(biology) nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism; "the upper side of a leaf is known as the adaxial surface"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Of or pertaining to the lower side or surface of a creeping moss or other low flowerless plant. Opposed to dorsal.
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Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the belly, or ventral side, of an animal or of one of its parts; hemal; abdominal; as, the ventral fin of a fish; the ventral root of a spinal nerve; - opposed to dorsal.
By Oddity Software
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Of or pertaining to the lower side or surface of a creeping moss or other low flowerless plant. Opposed to dorsal.
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Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the belly, or ventral side, of an animal or of one of its parts; hemal; abdominal; as, the ventral fin of a fish; the ventral root of a spinal nerve; - opposed to dorsal.
By Noah Webster.
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Of or pertaining to the abdomen, or belly, as of an animal or serpent; as, the ventral fins of a fish: opposite to dorsal.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald