ventral

Meanings

Adjective

• Related to the abdomen or stomach.
• On the front side of the human body, or the corresponding surface of an animal, usually the lower surface.
• On or relating to the bottom portion of either foot and/or hand.

Noun

• Any of the enlarged and transversely elongated scales that extend down the underside of a snake's body from the neck to the anal scale.

Related

Opposite words

• dorsal

Origin

• From French ventral, from Latin ventrālis, from venter.