ventricule Anat.
(ˈvɛntrɪkjuːl)
[a. OF. ventricule (14th c. in Littré; = Sp. and Pg. ventriculo, It. ventricolo), ad. L. ventriculus ventriculus.]
= ventricle in various senses.
| a 1425 tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula, etc. 14 Þe synowez..haþe festnyng with þe stomake and wiþ þe ventriculez of þe brayne. 1677 Gale Crt. Gentiles iv. 97 The Apostle addes ‘Meats are for the belly’, i.e. for the ventricule or stomach and intestines. 1742 Phil. Trans. XLII. 125 In the Right Auricle and Ventricule of his Heart was found a large tough subrubicund Polypus. 1880 Günther Fishes 152 The walls of the ventricule are robust. |