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ventral

[ven-truhl] / ˈvɛn trəl /
ADJECTIVE
abdominal
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It is called the ventral hippocampus, which is responsible for learning, emotions, fear and memory.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2025

Intriguingly, this modulation was not mirrored in reward centers like the ventral tegmental area, challenging previous assumptions about nicotine's impact.

From Science Daily • Feb. 13, 2024

“While enrolled trilobite fossils are really common, we don’t have any of the ventral soft tissue preserved,” said Sarah Losso, a Ph.D. candidate at Harvard University who specializes in trilobite evolution.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2023

Mr Dixon pioneered the use of artificial mesh to lift prolapsed bowels and a review of the care he gave patients receiving Laparoscopic ventral mesh rectopexy has already concluded.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2023

While the ventral cylinder is growing, another longitudinal cylinder is formed along the upper surface of the embryo, which will contain the brain and the spinal column.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin