Anat. [a. OF. ventricule (14th c. in Littré; = Sp. and Pg. ventriculo, It. ventricolo), ad. L. ventriculus VENTRICULUS.] = VENTRICLE in various senses.
a. 1425. trans. Arderne’s Treat. Fistula, etc., 14. Þe synowez … haþe festnyng with þe stomake and wiþ þe ventriculez of þe brayne.
1677. Gale, Crt. Gentiles, IV. 97. The Apostle addes ‘Meats are for the belly,’ i.e. for the ventricule or stomach and intestines.
1742. Phil. Trans., XLII. 125. In the Right Auricle and Ventricule of his Heart was found a large tough subrubicund Polypus.
1880. Günther, Fishes, 152. The walls of the ventricule are robust.
