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HEART VENTRICLE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries

Synonyms:

heart ventricle; ventricle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("heart ventricle" is a kind of...):

chamber (an enclosed volume in the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "heart ventricle"):

left ventricle (the chamber on the left side of the heart that receives arterial blood from the left atrium and pumps it into the aorta)

right ventricle (the chamber on the right side of the heart that receives venous blood from the right atrium and pumps it into the pulmonary trunk)

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