ven|tri|cle

ven|tri|cle
ven|tri|cle «VEHN truh kuhl», noun.
1. either of the two lower chambers of the heart that receive blood from the auricles and force it into the arteries.
2. any one of a series of connecting cavities in the brain: »

These [ideas] are begot in the ventricle of memory (Shakespeare).

3. any hollow organ or cavity in an animal body, now chiefly confined to a space between the true and false vocal cords.
[< Latin ventriculus (diminutive) < venter, ventris belly]

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