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ventriculous

ventriculous adjective: somewhat distended in the middle.

Adjective

ventriculous (comparative more ventriculous, superlative most ventriculous)

  1. Somewhat distended in the middle.

Forms of ventriculous

comparativemore ventriculous
superlativemost ventriculous

Origin of ventriculous

Latin ventriculosus (“of the belly”).

Questions about ventriculous

What does ventriculous mean?
Ventriculous means somewhat distended in the middle.
What part of speech is ventriculous?
Ventriculous is an adjective.

Words near ventriculous in the dictionary

  1. ventriculostomy
  2. ventriculosubgaleal
  3. ventriculotomic
  4. ventriculotomies
  5. ventriculotomy
  6. ventriculous
  7. ventriculoventricular
  8. ventriculus
  9. ventricumbent
  10. ventriduct
  11. ventrifixation

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