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venter

/ˈvɛn.tə(ɹ)/ noun

Latin root: venter Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about venter at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A speaker who expresses or gives vent to a personal opinion or grievance.
  2. The region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis.
  3. The womb.
    `in venter' is legal terminology for `conceived but not yet born'

Origin

Borrowing from Latin venter (“the belly; the womb; a swelling”).

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