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Centralizes vs Ventralizes - What's the difference?

centralizes | ventralizes |

As verbs the difference between centralizes and ventralizes

is that centralizes is (centralize) while ventralizes is (ventralize).

centralizes

English

Verb

(head)
  • (centralize)
    • ----

    centralize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * centralise

    Verb

  • To move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate
  • To move power to a single, central authority

    • Derived terms

    * centralization

    ventralizes

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (ventralize)

    • ventralize

    English

    Alternative forms

    *ventralise

    Verb

    (ventraliz)
  • (anatomy, embryology) To concentrate in the ventral area
  • *{{quote-book, 2006, John H. Menkes et al., chapter=Malformations of the Central Nervous System, edition=7th ed., Child Neurology, editors=John H. Menkes et al. citation
    • , passage=Of the six known genes, five follow a ventrodorsal gradient or have a ventralizing effect and one (Z/C2) is a dorsalizing agent.}}

    Coordinate terms

    *dorsalize *medialize *lateralize

    Derived terms

    *ventralization