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Ventral

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adaxial(botany) On the side that is towards the axis or central line, usually on the upper side.
dorsoventralOf, pertaining to, or situated at the back and front of something.

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dorsalnoun(anatomy, zootomy) With respect to, or concerning the side in which the backbone is located, or the analogous side of an invertebrate.
abaxial(botany, zoology) Of a side that is facing away from the axis or central line, such as the underside of a leaf, or the back of an animal.

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dorsoventralnounOf, pertaining to, or situated at the back and front of something.
adaxial(botany) On the side that is towards the axis or central line, usually on the upper side.
abdomennoun(anatomy) The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis, not including the back; or in some lower vertebrates, the portion between the cardiac and caudal regions.
longnounHaving much distance in space from one end to the other.
anteronoun(chiefly historical, Ancient Greece) The counterlove or affectionate response a philerast gives to the love of an erastes.
dorsinoun
dorsonoun
latero
posteronoun
frontnounThe foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
frontwardFrontwards.
abdominalnounOf or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral.
bellynounThe abdomen (especially a fat one).
anterior(anatomy) Nearer the forward end, especially in the front of the body; nearer the head or forepart of an animal.
frontalnounOf, relating to, directed toward, or situated at the front.
pectoralnounOf or pertaining to the breast, or chest.
thoracicnoun(anatomy) Of the thorax.
anteroventralnoun(anatomy) Relating to the underside of the front of the head.
inferiornoun(with to) Lower in rank, status, or quality.
venternounA woman with offspring.

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