Definitions for aorta

aorta a·or·ta

Spelling: [ey-awr-tuh]
IPA: /eɪˈɔr tə/

Aorta is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 5 points.

You can make 44 anagrams from letters in aorta (aaort).

Definitions for aorta

noun

  1. the main trunk of the arterial system, conveying blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all of the body except the lungs.

Origin of aorta

1570-80; Medieval Latin Greek aortḗ the great artery, literally, something hung, carried; akin to aeírein to lift, carry

Examples for aorta

It is traversed by the aorta, to whose coats it closely adheres.

Appearance of the valves of the aorta in Case 3d, Article 10.

That blade had gone through, and the X-rays revealed that the tip of the blade was on the edge of my aorta, the main artery.

His aorta and amygdala do not receive this information by automatic transfer.

Is a representation of the fleshlike thickening of the aorta in case 7th.

The largest artery, the aorta arches up from the heart, carrying blood throughout the body.

The closer the tear occurs to the root of the aorta, where it emerges from the heart, the more dangerous it can be.

Instead of the normal jet of blood there now issued from the aorta only a red froth.

aorta: the anterior, narrow part of the heart, opening into the head.

The blade pierced his liver and diaphragm, missing his heart and aorta by a fraction of an inch.

Word Value for aorta
Scrable

5

Words with friends

5

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