Vĕn’tri-cle, n.
(vĕn’trĭ-kl), n. [Fr. ventricule, Sp. ventriculo, It. ventricolo, Lat. ventriculus, the stomach, a ventricle, dim. of venter, the belly.]
Sense 1. A small cavity. [Obs.]
These [ideas] are begot in the ventricle of memory. Shak.
Sense 2. The stomach. [Obs.]
Whether I will or not, while I live, my heart beats, and my ventricle digests what I put into it. Hale.
Sense 3. (Anat.) A cavity of the animal body, as of the brain, or larynx; especially, either of the two cavities of the heart which communicate with the auricles, and by contraction propel the blood through the arteries.