aorta
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
aorta /eɪˈɔːtə/
▶noun the main artery of the body, supplying oxygenated blood from the heart to the circulatory system.
– derivatives
aortic adjective.
aortic adjective.
– origin C16: from Gk aortē, from aeirein ‘raise’.
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