ventrad, adv. Anat. and Zool.
(ˈvɛntræd)
[f. L. ventr-, stem of venter abdomen, + -ad.]
Toward the ventral surface of the body.
| 1847–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. IV. i. 639 There appears ventrad of the saurian cervix..that series of osseous pieces marked c, d. 1882 Wilder & Gage Anat. Technol. 44 C may be said to lie either ventrad or laterad of B. 1895 Mivart in Proc. Zool. Soc. 369 The greater extension ventrad of the apex of the prosopium. |