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ventriculocisternostomy
  1. (surgery) A treatment for hydrocephalus that involves the creation of an opening between the third ventricle and the interpeduncular cistern for drainage of cerebrospinal fluid
ventriculostomy
  1. A neurosurgical procedure that involves creating a hole within a cerebral ventricle for drainage.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The brain showed extensive postsurgical changes, including a small occipital subdural hematoma, sutures within the dura, and a ventriculostomy tract in each frontal lobe.”
      “Neisseria sicca meningitis following intracranial hemorrhage and ventriculostomy tube placement.”
ventriculitis
  1. (medicine) inflammation of the ventricles in the brain
  2. Examples:
    1. “Patients who had been diagnosed with meningitis, ventriculitis, or any systemic infection before data collection were excluded from the study.”
      “Incidental gross findings were minimal multifocal ulcerative ventriculitis and bilateral focal chronic lipid keratopathy.”
      “Bacterial meningitis and ventriculitis left Rasouli in a coma with widespread injury to his brain as well as damage to his brainstem and spinal cord.”
ventriculomegaly
  1. (medicine) dilation of the lateral ventricles of the brain
ventricle
  1. (anatomy) Any small cavity within a body; a hollow part or organ, especially:
    1. (anatomy) One of two lower chambers of the heart.
    2. (anatomy) One of four cavities in the brain.
    3. (anatomy) The stomach.
    4. (archaic) The womb.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The doctor examined the patient's heart and found a blockage in the left ventricle.”
      “A tricuspid regurgitant murmur may be heard, becoming more prominent as the right ventricle dilates.”
      “At autopsy, the heart was longitudinally sectioned through the left atrium and left ventricle.”
ventriculus
  1. A digestive cavity or stomach.
  2. Examples:
    1. “A 7-day-old gentoo penguin was found dead and postmortem examination revealed impaction of the ventriculus with feathers.”
      “A ventriculotomy was done to remove the wire, which had perforated the ventriculus cranially and imbedded into the parenchyma of the liver.”
      “The tendinous part of the ventriculus is not recommended as an incision site because of the high tension on this area.”
ventriculogram
  1. A diagnostic image produced by ventriculography.
  2. Examples:
    1. “First described in a group of postmenopausal Japanese women, it derives its name from the striking resemblance of its typical ventriculogram findings to the Japanese takotsubo octopus trap.”
      “The LVEF information was available only for those patients who took at least one of three tests: catheterization, echocardiogram and radionuclide ventriculogram.”
      “A coronary angiogram as well as left ventriculogram was obtained at 15 minutes following each infusion.”
ventriculography
  1. (medicine) Imaging of ventricles, usually in the heart.
  2. Examples:
    1. “All patients underwent contrast left ventriculography, coronary arteriography, and electrophysiologic study, as clinically indicated.”
      “Radionuclide ventriculography also may be used to assess left ventricular and right ventricular ejection fractions.”
      “Then they were taken to the catheterization laboratory to undergo left ventriculography and coronary arteriography.”
ventriculotomy
  1. (surgery) incision into a ventricle
  2. Examples:
    1. “Equally important, these impressive clinical outcomes are achieved without cardiopulmonary bypass or ventriculotomy.”
      “A ventriculotomy was done to remove the wire, which had perforated the ventriculus cranially and imbedded into the parenchyma of the liver.”
      “These postoperative alterations have been attributed to pulmonary insufficiency, pre-operative hypoxia and ventriculotomy.”
ventriculoplasty
  1. (surgery) Repair of a damaged ventricle
ventriculocisternostomies
ventriculoplasties
  1. plural of ventriculoplasty
ventriculostomies
  1. plural of ventriculostomy
ventriculograms
  1. plural of ventriculogram
ventriculotomies
  1. plural of ventriculotomy
ventriculitides
  1. plural of ventriculitis
ventriculi
  1. plural of ventriculus
  2. Examples:
    1. “From the above it is apparent that the clinical picture of achylia gastrica does not suffice to establish the diagnosis of anadenia ventriculi.”
ventricles
  1. plural of ventricle
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Thus, after delay in the atrioventricular mode, atrial contraction is followed by rapid and coordinated contraction of the ventricles.”
      “It has a real beating heart with all its auricles, ventricles and valves in their anatomically correct positions.”
      “The MRI scans were used to quantify total volume of the cerebrum, lateral ventricles, hippocampus and amygdala.”
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