ventral
/ˈvɛntɹəl/
ventral adjective: related to the abdomen or stomach.
Adjective
ventral (not comparable)
- Related to the abdomen or stomach.
- On the front side of the human body, or the corresponding surface of an animal, usually the lower surface.
- On or relating to the sole of the foot or the palmar surface of the hand.
- On the lower side of the brain.
- Mental imagery allows us to remember previous experiences and imagine new ones. Animal studies have yielded rich insight into mechanisms for visual perception, but the neural mechanisms for visual imagery remain poorly understood. We determined that approximately 80% of visually responsive single...2026 April 9, V. S. Wadia, C. M. Reed, J. M. Chung, L. M. Bateman, A. N. Mamelak, “A shared code for perceiving and imagining objects in human ventral temporal cortex”, in Science, →DOI
Noun
ventral (plural ventrals)
ventral meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
ventral in Hindi
- वेंट्रल, वेंट्राल
ventral in Tamil
- அடிப்பகுதி, அகப்பக்கமான, அடிப்புற, கீழ்புற, கீழ்த்தளம், கீழ்ப்பரப்பு
ventral in Marathi
- वेंट्रल
ventral in Urdu
- بطنی, شکمی, تحتانی
More languagesFewer languages
- ventral in Bengali
- অঙ্কীয় ôṅkiẏô
- ventral in Telugu
- వెంట్రాల్, వెంట్రల్, వెన్ట్రల్
- ventral in Malayalam
- വെൻട്രൽ, വെന്ററൽ
- ventral in Kannada
- ಒಡಲ್ಬದಿ, ಕೆಳಬದಿ
- ventral in Punjabi
- ਵੈਂਟਰਲ, ਵੈਂਟ੍ਰਲ
- ventral in Gujarati
- વેન્ટ્રલ
- ventral in Odia
- ଭେଣ୍ଟ୍ରାଲ୍, ଭେଣ୍ଟ୍ରାଲ, ଭେନ୍ଟ୍ରାଲ୍
- ventral in Nepali
- भेन्ट्रल, भेन्ट्राल, वेन्ट्रल
- ventral in Tagalog
- katiyanan
Examples of ventral in a sentence
- The projections to the frontal lobe that are damaged in schizophrenia originate in the ventral tegmental area.
- Posterior to this, the precranial cavity first appears as a dorsal and a ventral opening.
- Ventrally the aperture is bordered by an incision, indicating the ventral attachment of the toothplate.
Antonyms of ventral
Forms of ventral
| plural | ventrals |
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Origin of ventral
From French ventral, from Latin ventrālis, from venter (“belly, abdomen”); by surface analysis, ventr- + -al.
Words formed from ventral
- anterioventral
- anteroventral
- apicoventral
- basiventral
- basoventral
- biventral
- caudoventral
- cranioventral
- distoventral
- dorsoventral
- ectoventral
- endoventral
- frontoventral
- holoventral
- interventral
- lateroventral
- medioventral
- mesioventral
- mesoventral
- metaventral
- midventral
- nonventral
- occipitoventral
- paraventral
- posteroventral
- postventral
- preventral
- proventral
- proximoventral
- retroventral
- rostrolateroventral
- rostroventral
- sinistroventral
- subventral
- uteroventral
- ventral fin
- ventralize
- ventrally
- ventralmost
- ventral nerve cord
- ventral striatum
- ventral tegmental area
- ventral tegmentum
- ventralward
- ventralwards
- ventriduct
- ventromedial
Phrases with ventral
Words that rhyme with ventral
Questions about ventral
- What does ventral mean?
- Ventral means related to the abdomen or stomach.
- What is ventral in Hindi?
- Ventral in Hindi is वेंट्रल, वेंट्राल. See Ventral meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ventral?
- Ventral can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce ventral?
- Ventral is pronounced /ˈvɛntɹəl/.
Words near ventral in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ventral (page history and authors); ventral (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ventral (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ventral (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ventral (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অঙ্কীয় (Bengali) (page history and authors); ventral (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ventral (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ventral (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ventral (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ventral (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ventral (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ventral (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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