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adj. Anatomy Relating to or situated on or close to the abdomen; abdominal.

adj. Anatomy Relating to or situated on or close to the anterior aspect of the human body or the lower surface of the body of an animal.

adj. Botany Of or on the lower or inner surface of an organ that faces the axis; adaxial.

n. A ventral fin.

n. The abdominal segment of an insect.

adj. Related to the abdomen or stomach

adj. On the front side of the human body, or the corresponding surface of an animal, usually the lower surface.

adj. An anatomical term referring to the bottom portion of either foot and/or hand.

adj. Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the belly, or ventral side, of an animal or of one of its parts; hemal; abdominal; ; -- opposed to dorsal.

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adj. Of or pertaining to that surface of a carpel, petal, etc., which faces toward the center of a flower.

adj. Of or pertaining to the lower side or surface of a creeping moss or other low flowerless plant. Opposed to dorsal.

In anatomy and zoology: Of or pertaining to the venter, in any sense; forming a venter; contained in a venter; having a venter; hollowed out like a venter; bellying; abdominal; uterine: as, ventral walls or cavities: ventral viscera; the ventral surface of the ilium or scapula; ventral fins.

Placed ventrad in the body; situated on the side or aspect of the body opposite the dorsal or back aspect; anterior or inferior; hemal.

In botany, belonging to the anterior surface of anything: as, a ventral suture, which is the line running down the front of a carpel on the side next the axis: the opposite of dorsal

n. In ichthyology, a ventral fin; one of the posterior or pelvic pair of fins, corresponding to the hind limbs of higher vertebrates, and distinguished from the pectorals: so called irrespective of their actual position: as. ventrals thoracic or jugular. Abbreviated V. or verb

n. In entomology, one of the segments of the abdomen as seen from beneath, especially in Coleoptera. They are distinguished as first, second, etc., counting backward. See urite, uromere.

adj. toward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or lower surface of a lower animal)

adj. nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism

"I always correct my primatology students to use the term ventral-dorsal when they refer to the more usual animal mating position: doggy style."

dorsoventral   

dorsal   

abdominal    ventral hernia    ventral chord    ventral oars    ventral laminæ    ventral groove    ventral medulla    ventral ossifications    ventral fin    ventral folds   

hemal    abdominal    stomachal    sternal   

central    entrail   

dorsal    thalamic    preoptic    hypothalamic    medial    thoracic    anterior    prefrontal    tegmental    apical