ventrally, adv.
(ˈvɛntrəlɪ)
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
1. In a ventral direction; on or toward the venter; with respect to the venter or abdomen.
| 1870 Hooker Stud. Flora 368 Actinocarpus Damasonium:..carpels dehiscing ventrally. 1872 Humphry Myology 2 Ventrally, it is attached to the margin of the lower jaw. 1883 Martin & Moale Vertebr. Dissect. 137 The anterior abdominal vein..runs ventrally and forward. |
| Comb. 1870 Rolleston Anim. Life 83 The various ventrally-placed appendages of the articulate Neuropods. 1904 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 17 Dec. 1631 The ventrally bending limb..having no mesoblastic somites dorsal to it. |
2. In or from the venter or abdomen.
| 1889 H. J. Barker Orig. Eng. i. 15, I laughed myself (ventrally, of course,) when the youngsters so innocently committed themselves. |