Adjective: ventral ven-trul
- Toward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or lower surface of a lower animal)
"ventral (or pelvic) fins correspond to the hind limbs of a quadruped"; "the ventral aspect of the human body"; "the liver is somewhat ventral in position"
- (biology) nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism
"The ventral surface of the leaf";
- adaxial
See also: dorsiventral [rare], dorsoventral
Antonym: dorsal
Encyclopedia: Ventral