EGAVE

aorta

About 4.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. 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.
  2. noun The liveliest part of something.

Similar words

artery cap coronary artery great vessel aortic arch end artery arteria pulmonary trunk ductus arteriosus truncus arteriosus

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Word family

aortae aortas aortic

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