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VENTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bulging body part (as the belly of a muscle)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("venter" is a kind of...):
body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)
Derivation:
ventral (toward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or lower surface of a lower animal))
Sense 2
Meaning:
The womb
Example:
'in venter' is legal terminology for 'conceived but not yet born'
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("venter" is a kind of...):
uterus; womb (a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Derivation:
ventral (toward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or lower surface of a lower animal))
Sense 3
Meaning:
The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis
Synonyms:
abdomen; belly; stomach; venter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("venter" is a kind of...):
body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)
Meronyms (parts of "venter"):
abdominal aorta (a branch of the descending aorta)
arteria colica; colic artery (arteries that supply blood to the colon)
hypochondrium (the upper region of the abdomen just below the lowest ribs on either side of the epigastrium)
bowel; gut; intestine (the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus)
belly button; bellybutton; navel; omphalos; omphalus; umbilicus (a scar where the umbilical cord was attached)
ab; abdominal; abdominal muscle (the muscles of the abdomen)
abdomen; abdominal cavity (the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm)
abdominal wall (a wall of the abdomen)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "venter"):
underbelly; underbody (the soft belly or underside of an animal's body)
Holonyms ("venter" is a part of...):
body; torso; trunk (the body excluding the head and neck and limbs)
Derivation:
ventral (toward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or lower surface of a lower animal))
Sense 4
Meaning:
A speaker who expresses or gives vent to a personal opinion or grievance
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("venter" is a kind of...):
speaker; talker; utterer; verbaliser; verbalizer (someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous))
Derivation:
vent (give expression or utterance to)
