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Ventral vs Petechial - What's the difference?

ventral | petechial |

As adjectives the difference between ventral and petechial

is that ventral is related to the abdomen or stomach while petechial is characterised by, pertaining to, or resembling petechiae (small, nonraised haemorrhages on the skin.

As a noun ventral

is any of the enlarged and transversely elongated scales that extend down the underside of a snake's body from the neck to the anal scale.

ventral

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Related to the abdomen or stomach
  • (anatomy) On the front side of the human body, or the corresponding surface of an animal, usually the lower surface.
  • An anatomical term referring to the bottom portion of either foot and/or hand.

    • Antonyms

    * dorsal

    Derived terms

    * ventrally

    Coordinate terms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of the enlarged and transversely elongated scales that extend down the underside of a snake's body from the neck to the anal scale.
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    petechial

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (medicine) characterised by, pertaining to, or resembling petechiae (small, nonraised haemorrhages on the skin)
  • * 1750 , John Huxham, An Essay on Fevers :
    • Chap. VIII. Of putrid, malignant, petechial Fevers.
  • * 2001 , M. W. Service (editor), Encyclopedia of Arthropod-transmitted Infections :
    • Petechial haemorrhages may appear in the conjunctivae and ecchymotic haemorrhages on the ventral surface of the tongue.