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Dorsal vs Ventricle - What's the difference?

dorsal | ventricle |

As nouns the difference between dorsal and ventricle

is that dorsal is (art) a hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, altar, etc while ventricle is (anatomy|zoology) any small cavity within a body; a hollow part or organ, especially:.

As an adjective dorsal

is (anatomy) with respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.

dorsal

English

Adjective

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  • (anatomy) With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.
  • (of a knife) Having only one sharp side.
  • (anatomy) Relating to the top surface of the foot or hand.
  • (linguistics, of a sound) Produced using the dorsum of the tongue.
  • (botany) Relating to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf.
  • (botany) Relating to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss.
  • Antonyms

    * ventral

    Coordinate terms

    * * (linguistics) labial, coronal, radical, laryngeal

    Derived terms

    * dorsal fin * dorsally

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (art) A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, altar, etc.
  • In snakes, any of the longitudinal series of plates that encircle the body, excluding the ventral scales.
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    ventricle

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia ventricle) (en noun)
  • (anatomy, zoology) Any small cavity within a body; a hollow part or organ, especially:
  • # (anatomy) One of two lower chambers of the heart.
  • # (anatomy) One of four cavities in the brain.
  • # (archaic, anatomy, zoology) The stomach.
  • #* 1662 , , Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 72:
  • [On birds] "Where omitting the more general Properties, of having two Ventricles , and picking up stones to conveigh them into their second Ventricle, the Gizzern, (which provision and instinct is a supply for the want of teeth;) "
  • # (archaic) The womb.
  • See also

    * atrium