VENTER


Meaning of VENTER in English

I. ven·ter ˈventə(r) noun

( -s )

Etymology: Anglo-French, from Latin, abdomen, womb; akin to Latin vensica, vesica bladder, Old High German wanast, wenist paunch, Icelandic vinstr omasum, Sanskrit vasti bladder

1. : a wife or mother that is a source of offspring

had a son by one venter and two daughters by another

children of the same venter

2. : an anatomical structure that is protuberant and often hollow: as

a. : abdomen ; also : a large bodily cavity (as in the head, thorax, or abdomen) containing organs

b. : belly 5c

a muscle with a double venter

c. : the undersurface of the abdomen of an arthropod

d. : a broad shallow concavity of a bone

the venter of the scapula

e. : the outer and convex part of the shell of a curved or coiled cephalopod or gastropod

f. : the swollen basal portion of an archegonium in which the egg of a vascular cryptogam is developed

II. vent·er ˈventə(r) noun

( -s )

Etymology: vent (I) + -er

: one that vents ; especially : one that gives utterance or publicity to personal ideas, doctrines, or grievances

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