proventricular

Adjective

proventricular (not comparable)

1. Relating to the proventriculus
   • Commonly indicated for treatment of sour crop (Fig. 11-11, A), an ingluviotomy is done to retrieve crop calculi, ingluvioliths, or foreign bodies (which are not accessible per os) or to retrieve proventricular or ventricular foreign bodies (using micromagnets [glued in place within plastic tubes]...2015, Jaime Samour, Avian Medicine, page 297
2. Relating to the stage in the lifecycle of some parasites when they migrate to the proventriculus or midgut.
   • In contrast to ALBA proteins that are RNA-binding proteins involved in parasite development in the tsetse fly, the signal was not reduced in proventricular stages [42 ].2015 July 29, “The Flagellar Arginine Kinase in Trypanosoma brucei Is Important for Infection in Tsetse Flies”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI