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Noun: heart ventricle
  1. A chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries
    "The heart ventricles have thicker walls than the atria";
    - ventricle

Derived forms: heart ventricles

Type of: chamber

Part of: heart, pump, ticker [informal]

Encyclopedia: Heart ventricle