VENTRICLE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries

Synonyms:

heart ventricle; ventricle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("ventricle" is a kind of...):

chamber (an enclosed volume in the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ventricle"):

left ventricle (the chamber on the left side of the heart that receives arterial blood from the left atrium and pumps it into the aorta)

right ventricle (the chamber on the right side of the heart that receives venous blood from the right atrium and pumps it into the pulmonary trunk)

Derivation:

ventricular (of or relating to a ventricle (of the heart or brain))

Sense 2

Meaning:

One of four connected cavities in the brain; is continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord and contains cerebrospinal fluid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("ventricle" is a kind of...):

bodily cavity; cavity; cavum ((anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body)

Meronyms (parts of "ventricle"):

cerebrospinal fluid; spinal fluid (clear liquid produced in the ventricles of the brain; fills and protects cavities in the brain and spinal cord)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ventricle"):

fourth ventricle (an irregular ventricle between the third ventricle and the central canal of the spinal cord)

third ventricle (a narrow ventricle in the midplane below the corpus callosum; communicates with the fourth ventricle via the Sylvian aqueduct)

lateral ventricle (either of two horseshoe-shaped ventricles one in each cerebral hemisphere; they communicate with the third ventricle via the foramen of Monro)

Holonyms ("ventricle" is a part of...):

brain; encephalon (that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord)

Derivation:

ventricular (of or relating to a ventricle (of the heart or brain))

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Context examples:

A dual-flap valve of the heart that regulates the flow of blood between the left atrium and the left ventricle of the heart.

(Mitral Valve, NCI Thesaurus)

It causes arrhythmogenic right ventricle cardiomyopathy (ARVC), which is a genetic disorder that predisposes patients to cardiac arrest and is a major cause of unexpected death in seemingly healthy young people.

(Gene Causes Sudden Death in Young People, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

An electrocardiographic finding of pathologic Q waves in leads V3 and V4, which is suggestive of myocardial infarction of the anterior wall of the left ventricle.

(Anterior Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

An electrocardiographic assessment of the transmission of electrical impulses between the atria and ventricles.

(Atrioventricular Conduction ECG Assessment, NCI Thesaurus)

An electrocardiographic finding of pathologic Q waves with accompanying ST elevation in leads I and aVL, which is suggestive of acute myocardial infarction of the high lateral wall of the left ventricle.

(Acute High Lateral Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

An electrocardiographic finding of pathologic Q waves with accompanying ST elevation in leads III, aVF and often II, which is suggestive of acute myocardial infarction of the inferior wall of the left ventricle.

(Acute Inferior Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

An electrocardiographic finding of pathologic Q waves with accompanying ST elevation in leads V1 through V4, which is suggestive of acute myocardial infarction of the anteroseptal wall of the left ventricle.

(Acute Anteroseptal Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

An electrocardiographic finding of pathologic Q waves with accompanying ST elevation in leads V3 through V6, which is suggestive of acute myocardial infarction of the anterolateral wall of the left ventricle.

(Acute Anterolateral Myocardial Infarction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

An electrocardiographic finding of an atypical passage of electrical impulses through the cardiac ventricles.

(Abnormal Intraventricular Conduction by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

An electrocardiographic finding of pathologic Q waves with accompanying ST elevation in leads V5, V6, I and aVL , which is suggestive of acute myocardial infarction of the lateral wall of the left ventricle.