ventilation
— Noun
– English
~ free and open discussion of (or debate on) some question of public interest; "such a proposal deserves thorough public discussion"
ventilator
— Noun
– English
~ a device (such as a fan) that introduces fresh air or expels foul air
ventilator
— Noun
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~ a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure
ventilatory
— Adjective
– English
~ provided with ventilation or involving pulmonary ventilation
J. Craig Ventner
— Noun
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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)
Ventner
— Noun
– English
~ 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)
Craig Ventner
— Noun
– English
~ 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
— Noun
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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
— Noun
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~ sixth month of the Revolutionary calendar (February and March); the windy month
ventral root
— Noun
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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
— Noun
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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
— Noun
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~ with ovules borne on the wall along the ventral suture of a simple ovary
ventral horn
— Noun
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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
— Adjective
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~ nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism; "the upper side of a leaf is known as the adaxial surface"
ventral
— Adjective
– English
~ toward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or lower surface of a lower animal); "the ventral aspect of the human body"; "the liver is somewhat ventral in position"; "ventral (or pelvic) fins correspond to the hind limbs of a quadruped"
ventrally
— Adverb
– English
~ in a ventral location or direction
Gros Ventre
— Noun
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~ a member of the Sioux people formerly inhabiting an area along the Missouri river in western North Dakota
Gros Ventre
— Noun
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~ a Siouan language spoken by the Hidatsa
danse du ventre
— Noun
– English
~ a Middle Eastern dance in which the dancer makes sensuous movements of the hips and abdomen