Proventricular
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Proventricular is an adjective meaning Relating to the proventriculus.
Meaning
Relating to the proventriculus.
More Meanings
- Relating to the stage in the lifecycle of some parasites when they migrate to the proventriculus or midgut.
Example Sentences
In contrast to ALBA proteins that are RNA-binding proteins involved in parasite development in the tsetse fly, the signal was not reduced in proventricular stages [42 ].
Commonly indicated for treatment of sour crop (Fig. 11-11, A), an ingluviotomy is done to retrieve crop calculi, ingluvioliths, or foreign bodies (which are not accessible per os) or to retrieve proventricular or ventricular foreign bodies (using micromagnets [glued in place within plastic tubes], lavage, or endoscopy) and for the placement of an ingluviotomy or proventriculotomy tube or the collection of crop wall biopsies.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include proventriculous, ventricular, ventriculopleural, conoventricular, cardioventricular, triventricular.
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