VENTOUSE
Ven"touse, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A cupping glass. [Obs.] Chaucer.
VENTOUSE
Ven"touse, v. t. & i.
Defn: To cup; to use a cupping glass. [Obs.] [Written also ventuse.]
Chaucer.
VENTRAD
Ven"trad, adv. Etym: [L. venter belly + ad to.] (Anat.)
Defn: Toward the ventral side; on the ventral side; ventrally; — opposed to dorsad.
VENTRAL Ven"tral, a. Etym: [L. ventralis, fr. venter the belly; perhaps akin to G. wanst: cf. F. ventral.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the belly, or ventral side, of an animal or of one of its parts; hemal; abdominal; as, the ventral fin of a fish; the ventral root of a spinal nerve; — opposed to Ant: dorsal.
2. (Bot.) (a) Of or pertaining to that surface of a carpel, petal, etc., which faces toward the center of a flower. (b) Of or pertaining to the lower side or surface of a creeping moss or other low flowerless plant. Opposed to Ant: dorsal. Ventral fins (Zoöl.), the posterior pair of fins of a fish. They are often situated beneath the belly, but sometimes beneath the throat. — Ventral segment. (Acoustics) See Loop, n., 5.