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ventralize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ven-tral-ize
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To concentrate in the ventral area

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English ventral Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English ventralize From ventral + -ize.

Inflected Forms

ventralizes (present, singular) ventralizing (participle, present) ventralized (participle, past) ventralized (past) ventralise (alternative)

Derived Forms

ventralization

Frequently Paired Words

dorsalize medialize lateralize

Questions

What does ventralize mean?
To concentrate in the ventral area
Where does ventralize come from?
Etymology tree English ventral Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English ventralize From ventral + -ize.

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