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ventral ventral definition

ventral


 
  Grep  of  noun  ventral 
  ventral  fin 
  ventral  placentation 
 
  Overview  of  adj  ventral 
 
  The  adj  ventral  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  ventral  --  (toward  or  on  or  near  the  belly  (front  of  a  primate  or  lower  surface  of  a  lower  animal);  "the  ventral  aspect  of  the  human  body";  "the  liver  is  somewhat  ventral  in  position";  "ventral  (or  pelvic)  fins  correspond  to  the  hind  limbs  of  a  quadruped") 
  2.  adaxial,  ventral  --  ((biology)  nearest  to  or  facing  toward  the  axis  of  an  organ  or  organism;  "the  upper  side  of  a  leaf  is  known  as  the  adaxial  surface") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  ventral 
 
  2  senses  of  ventral 
 
  Sense  1 
  ventral  (vs.  dorsal) 
 
  dorsal  (vs.  ventral) 
 
  Sense  2 
  adaxial  (vs.  abaxial),  ventral 
 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  ventral 
 
  2  senses  of  ventral 
 
  Sense  1 
  ventral  (vs.  dorsal) 
  =>  dorsoventral 
 
  Sense  2 
  adaxial  (vs.  abaxial),  ventral 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  ventral 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  ventral 
 
  ventral  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  ventral 
  dorsoventral 
  ventral 
 
  Overview  of  adj  ventral 
 
  The  adj  ventral  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  ventral  --  (toward  or  on  or  near  the  belly  (front  of  a  primate  or  lower  surface  of  a  lower  animal);  "the  ventral  aspect  of  the  human  body";  "the  liver  is  somewhat  ventral  in  position";  "ventral  (or  pelvic)  fins  correspond  to  the  hind  limbs  of  a  quadruped") 
  2.  adaxial,  ventral  --  ((biology)  nearest  to  or  facing  toward  the  axis  of  an  organ  or  organism;  "the  upper  side  of  a  leaf  is  known  as  the  adaxial  surface") 



ventral definition