Aorta

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  • noun. The main trunk of the systemic arteries, carrying blood from the left side of the heart to the arteries of all limbs and organs except the lungs.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In anatomy, the main trunk of the arterial system, issuing from the left ventricle of the heart, conveying arterialized blood to all parts of the body except the lungs, and giving rise, directly or indirectly, to all the arteries of the body except the pulmonary.
  • noun. In the higher invertebrates, the large blood-vessel leading from the heart, usually anteriorly and posteriorly.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.
  • noun. The liveliest part of something.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries
    • Word Usage
    "The fact that the horn barely missed the aorta is an UNBELIEVABLE piece of luck is what I meant to say."
    Form
    aortal  aortic  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Horta  porta  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    anastomosis  aneurysm  artery  cava  cervix  
    variant
    aortae  
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