ventrículo
See also: ventriculo
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ventriculus, perhaps on the model of French ventricule. Compare the inherited doublet bandulho (“rumen; intestine, belly; a type of tripe”). See Spanish ventrículo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vẽˈtɾi.ku.lu/
- Rhymes: -ikulu
- Hyphenation: ven‧trí‧cu‧lo
Noun
ventrículo m (plural ventrículos)
- (anatomy) ventricle (one of two lower chambers of the heart)
- (anatomy) ventricle (one of the cavities of the brain)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ventriculus. Compare the inherited bandrullo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /benˈtɾikulo/ [bẽn̪ˈt̪ɾi.ku.lo]
- Rhymes: -ikulo
- Syllabification: ven‧trí‧cu‧lo
Noun
ventrículo m (plural ventrículos)
- ventricle
Related terms
- ventricular
Further reading
- “ventrículo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014