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mesembryanthemum(dictionary)

ventricle (iou) and mesembryanthemum (medicine)


ventricle (iou)



ventricle noun. LME.
[Latin VENTRICULUS: see -CLE.]
Anatomy & Zoology.
Either of the two muscular lower chambers of the heart (in some animals, a single chamber), which pump the blood to the arteries and through the body. LME.
Each of four fluid-filled cavities in the brain, formed by enlargements of the central canal of the spinal cord. LME.
a. = VENTRICULUS 1a, b. L16-E19.
b. Entomology. = VENTRICULUS 1c. Now rare. L17.
Orig., any small hollow or cavity in an animal body. Now spec. the recess or space on each side of the larynx between the vertibular folds and the vocal cords; a laryngeal pouch or sac. L16.

mesembryanthemum (medicine)


mesembryanthemum
<botany> A genus of herbaceous or suffruticose plants, chiefly natives of South Africa. The leaves are opposite, thick, and feshy. The flowers usually open about midday, whence the name.

Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Midday + flower.

Source: Websters Dictionary