venter

[ven-ter] /ˈvɛn tər/
noun
1.
Anatomy, Zoology.
  1. the abdomen or belly.
  2. a bellylike cavity or concavity.
  3. a bellylike protuberance.
2.
Law. the womb, or a wife or mother, as a source of offspring.
Origin
1535-45; < Latin venter belly, womb
Examples from the web for venter
  • venter's team's accomplishment is simply identifying a set of genes to make and doing so using established techniques.
British Dictionary definitions for venter

venter

/ˈvɛntə/
noun
1.
(anatomy, zoology)
  1. the belly or abdomen of vertebrates
  2. a protuberant structure or part, such as the belly of a muscle
2.
(botany) the swollen basal region of an archegonium, containing the developing ovum
3.
(law) the womb
4.
(law) in venter, conceived but not yet born
Word Origin
C16: from Latin

Venter

/ˈvɛntə/
noun
1.
(John) Craig. born 1946, US biologist: founder of the Institute for Genomic Research (1992) whose work contributed greatly to the mapping of the human genome
venter in Medicine

venter ven·ter (věn'tər)
n.

  1. See abdomen.

  2. See belly.

  3. One of the large cavities of the body.

  4. A cavity or hollowed surface, especially of a bone.

  5. The uterus.