"ventral" meaning in English

See ventral in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈvɛntɹəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ventral.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɛntɹəl Etymology: From French ventral, from Latin ventrālis, from venter (“belly, abdomen”); by surface analysis, ventr- + -al. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|ventral}} French ventral, {{uder|en|la|ventrālis}} Latin ventrālis, {{surf|en|ventr-|-al|nocap=1}} by surface analysis, ventr- + -al Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} ventral (not comparable)
  1. Related to the abdomen or stomach. Tags: not-comparable Translations (related to the abdomen or stomach): коремен (koremen) (Bulgarian), vatsa- (Finnish), ventraalinen (Finnish), ventral (French), ventral (Galician), Bauch- (German), ventral (German), hasi (Hungarian), ventral (Portuguese), ventral (Romanian), вентральный (ventralʹnyj) (Russian), брюшной (brjušnoj) (Russian), katiyanan (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-ventral-en-adj-Bxmt51TG Categories (other): English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 10 28 7 26 28 Disambiguation of 'related to the abdomen or stomach': 94 3 2 1
  2. (anatomy) On the front side of the human body, or the corresponding surface of an animal, usually the lower surface. Tags: not-comparable Translations ((anatomy) on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal): ventral (Catalan), vatsapuolen (Finnish), ventraalinen (Finnish), ventral (French), ventral (Galician), ventral (Portuguese), ventral (Romanian), вентральный (ventralʹnyj) (Russian), брюшной (brjušnoj) (Russian), ventral (Spanish), katiyanan (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-ventral-en-adj-FhdTdZ3p Categories (other): Anatomy, English terms prefixed with ventr-, English terms suffixed with -al, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with ventr-: 10 32 10 28 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 9 31 10 28 23 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 10 28 7 26 28 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of '(anatomy) on the front side of the human body or the according surface of an animal': 1 63 8 28
  3. (anatomy) On or relating to the sole of the foot or the palmar surface of the hand. Tags: not-comparable Translations ((anatomy) on or relating to the bottom portion of either foot and/or hand): ventraalinen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-ventral-en-adj-GyJx4T0p Categories (other): Anatomy Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of '(anatomy) on or relating to the bottom portion of either foot and/or hand': 3 31 41 25
  4. (neuroanatomy) On the lower side of the brain. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-ventral-en-adj-KQN4qLVt Categories (other): Neuroanatomy, English terms prefixed with ventr-, English terms suffixed with -al, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with ventr-: 10 32 10 28 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 9 31 10 28 23 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 10 28 7 26 28 Topics: anatomy, medicine, neuroanatomy, neurology, neuroscience, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: /ˈvɛntɹəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ventral.wav [Southern-England] Forms: ventrals [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛntɹəl Etymology: From French ventral, from Latin ventrālis, from venter (“belly, abdomen”); by surface analysis, ventr- + -al. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|ventral}} French ventral, {{uder|en|la|ventrālis}} Latin ventrālis, {{surf|en|ventr-|-al|nocap=1}} by surface analysis, ventr- + -al Head templates: {{en-noun}} ventral (plural ventrals)
  1. 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.
    Sense id: en-ventral-en-noun-4lNAWQ0n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with ventr-, English terms suffixed with -al, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 19 7 18 47 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with ventr-: 10 32 10 28 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -al: 9 31 10 28 23 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 10 28 7 26 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 10 4 5 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 14 19 11 12 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 12 20 11 13 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 20 11 12 45 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 16 8 10 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 12 20 11 12 45 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 20 11 12 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 17 18 14 13 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 10 21 13 14 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 15 18 14 13 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 17 7 9 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 15 7 9 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 12 20 11 13 44

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2026 April 9, V. S. Wadia, C. M. Reed, J. M. Chung, L. M. Bateman, A. N. Mamelak, “A shared code for perceiving and imagining objects in human ventral temporal cortex”, in Science, →DOI:",
          "text": "Mental imagery allows us to remember previous experiences and imagine new ones. Animal studies have yielded rich insight into mechanisms for visual perception, but the neural mechanisms for visual imagery remain poorly understood. We determined that approximately 80% of visually responsive single neurons in the human ventral temporal cortex (VTC) use a distributed axis code to represent objects. We used that code to reconstruct objects and generate maximally effective synthetic stimuli. We then recorded responses from the same neural population while subjects imagined specific objects; about 40% of axis-tuned VTC neurons recapitulated the visual code. Our findings reveal that visual imagery is supported by reactivation of the same neurons involved in perception, providing single-neuron evidence for the existence of a generative model in human VTC.",
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