|1.||[ adjective ] toward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or lower surface of a lower animal)|
"the ventral aspect of the human body" "the liver is somewhat ventral in position" "ventral (or pelvic) fins correspond to the hind limbs of a quadruped"
|Related terms:||dorsal dorsoventral|
|2.||[ adjective ] (biology) nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism|
"the upper side of a leaf is known as the adaxial surface"
|Related terms:||abaxial biology|