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Definition of "ventricular" []

  • Of or relating to a ventricle or ventriculus. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "ventricular" in a sentence
  • "And if the heart goes too fast, particularly the more dangerous type of rapid heartbeat, which essentially stops the function of the heart, what we call a ventricular fibrillation -- if you don't correct it, you die."
  • "She presented minimally responsive with myoclonic twitching and in ventricular fibrillation."
  • "This is called a ventricular septal defect or VSD."