ventricose (redirected from ventricosity)

ven·tri·cose  (vntr-ks) also ven·tri·cous (-ks)

adj.

Inflated, swollen, or distended, especially on one side: the ventricose gullet of an insect.

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[New Latin ventricsus, from Latin venter, ventr-, belly.]

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ventri·cosi·ty (-ks-t) n.

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Adj.

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ventricose - having a swelling on one side; "the ventricose gullet of an insect" ventricous biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals protrusive - thrusting outward