Venter
noun
1.
Anatomy, Zoology.
the abdomen or belly.
a bellylike cavity or concavity.
a bellylike protuberance.
2.
Law. the womb, or a wife or mother, as a source of offspring.
noun
1.
(anatomy, zoology)
the belly or abdomen of vertebrates
a protuberant structure or part, such as the belly of a muscle
2.
(botany) the swollen basal region of an archegonium, containing the developing ovum
3.
(law) the womb
4.
(law) in venter, conceived but not yet born
noun
1.
(John) Craig. born 1946, US biologist: founder of the Institute for Genomic Research (1992) whose work contributed greatly to the mapping of the human genome
venter ven·ter (věn’tər)
n.
See abdomen.
See belly.
One of the large cavities of the body.
A cavity or hollowed surface, especially of a bone.
The uterus.
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