ALL meanings of aorta
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A a - countable noun aorta The aorta is the main artery through which blood leaves your heart before it flows through the rest of your body. 3
- noun aorta the main vessel in the arterial network, which conveys oxygen-rich blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs 3
- noun aorta the main artery of the body, carrying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all the main arteries 3
- noun aorta heart's main artery 1
- noun aorta The main artery of the body, supplying oxygenated blood to the circulatory system. In humans it passes over the heart from the left ventricle and runs down in front of the backbone. 1
- noun plural aorta the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs. 1
- noun aorta (anatomy) 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. 0
- noun aorta (figuratively) The liveliest part of something. 0