ventri-
(ˈvɛntrɪ)
comb. form of L. ventri-, venter venter1, occurring in various terms, as ventriˈcornu Anat., the ventral extension of gray matter in the substance of the spinal cord; hence ventriˈcornual a.; ventriˈcumbent a., lying on the belly; prone, prostrate; ˈventriduct v., to bring to or turn towards the belly; † ventrifluous a. [ad. L. ventrifluus], ‘laxative, purging the belly’ (1727 in Bailey); ventriˈmeson Anat., the median line on the ventral surface of the body; hence ventrimesal adj. (1891 in Cent. Dict.); venˈtripetal a. [after centripetal a.], directed towards the belly or stomach; ventriˈpyramid Anat., = pyramid n. 7 (a).
| 1890 Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. VIII. 528 The *ventri⁓cornu (ventral or ‘anterior’ extension of the myelic cinerea). |
| Ibid., The myelic cornua are strictly dorsal and ventral,..permitting the adjectives dorsicornual and *ventricornual. |
| 1882 Wilder & Gage Anat. Technol. 36 The body is *ventri⁓cumbent, so as to expose the dorsal aspect. |
| Ibid. 537 To pith [a frog] *ventriduct the head with the index, and pass the tip of the right index [etc.]. |
| Ibid. 33 For convenience, the dorsal and ventral borders of this plane may be called the dorsimeson and the *ventrimeson respectively. |
| 1819 L. Hunt Indicator No. 12 (1822) I. 90 Every thought of mind, and every feeling of his affection,..tends to one point, with a *ventripetal force. |
| 1882 Wilder & Gage Anat. Technol. 485 *Ventripyramid. |