ventral

adjective

nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism

toward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or lower surface of a lower animal)

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The word ventral breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root ventr-, from Latin venter (“belly”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.