Meaning & use

ventricular

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Relating to a ventricle, especially one of the chambers of the heart or brain.

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The cardiologist explained that ventricular arrhythmias can be life-threatening if untreated.

An MRI revealed mild ventricular enlargement in the brain scan.

A note on using this word

Almost exclusively a medical term, most often heard in discussions of heart conditions, such as 'ventricular fibrillation.'

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