Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

left ventricle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.74 in modern English

Syllables: left- ven-tri-cle
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the four chambers of the heart of humans and other mammals, which receives oxygenated blood from the left atrium and pumps it out through the aorta.

Inflected Forms

left ventricles (plural)

Phrases

right ventricle

Frequently Paired Words

right ventricle

Questions

What does left ventricle mean?: One of the four chambers of the heart of humans and other mammals, which receives oxygenated blood from the left atrium and pumps it out through the aorta.

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