ventricle

Definition

Any small cavity within a body; a hollow part or organ, especially:

Etymology

From late Middle English, from Latin ventriculus (“the belly”), diminutive of venter (“the belly”). Doublet of ventriculus.

Example Sentences

• "The muscular ventricles pump blood by contracting their fibers in response to electrical stimulation."
• "the ventricle of memory"
• "[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;) […]"