ventricle (n.)

  1. one of four connected cavities in the brain; is continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord and contains cerebrospinal fluid

  2. a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries

    [ Syn: heart ventricle ]

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