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Ventricle vs Testicle - What's the difference?

ventricle | testicle |

As nouns the difference between ventricle and testicle

is that ventricle is (anatomy|zoology) any small cavity within a body; a hollow part or organ, especially: while testicle is the male sex and endocrine gland, found in some types of animals, that produces sperm and male sex hormones, including the steroid testosterone.

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

    testicle

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The male sex and endocrine gland, found in some types of animals, that produces sperm and male sex hormones, including the steroid testosterone.
  • My testicles hurt when I cross my legs.
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=2000 , author=Margaret Atwood , title=The Blind Assassin , isbn= , page=372 , passage=Despite your jogging and the hairiness of your legs, the shoe of aging is beginning to pinch. Soon you'll regret all that sun-tanning. Your face will look like a testicle .}}

    Usage notes

    Often used in the plural, due to their usually being present as a pair.

    Hypernyms

    * genitals

    Synonyms

    * testis (medical) * ball (perhaps vulgar ) * bollock (perhaps alteration of "ballock" ) * lamb fries (culinary ) * See also

    See also

    * scrotum * bulla * bull * bullock

    Anagrams

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