Ventner
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~ United States geneticist who published the complete base sequences for all the genes of a free-living organism, the influenza bacterium; later led team that developed a first draft of the entire human genome (born in 1946)
ventolin
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~ a bronchodilator (trade names Ventolin or Proventil) used for asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inhalant forms; side effects are tachycardia and shakiness
Ventose
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~ sixth month of the Revolutionary calendar (February and March); the windy month
ventral root
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~ one of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes ventrally from the spinal cord and that consists of motor fibers
ventral fin
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~ either of a pair of fins attached to the pelvic girdle in fishes that help control the direction of movement; correspond to hind limbs of a land vertebrate
ventral placentation
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~ with ovules borne on the wall along the ventral suture of a simple ovary
ventral horn
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~ one of the two roots of a spinal nerve that passes ventrally from the spinal cord and that consists of motor fibers
ventricle
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~ one of four connected cavities in the brain; is continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord and contains cerebrospinal fluid
ventricle
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~ a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries
ventricular fibrillation
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~ fibrillation of heart muscles resulting in interference with rhythmic contractions of the ventricles and possibly leading to cardiac arrest
ventricular aneurysm
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~ a localized dilation or protrusion on the wall of the left ventricle of the heart (occurring after a myocardial infarction)