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atrium

a·tri·um [ áytree əm ] (plural a·tri·ums or a·tri·a [ áytree ə ])


noun 
Definition:
 
1. central hall with skylight: a central hall usually with a glass roof or skylight and extending the full height or several stories of a building

2. Roman courtyard: the open central courtyard of an ancient Roman house

3. anatomy body cavity: a cavity of the body, especially one of the upper chambers of the heart that takes blood from the veins and pumps it into a ventricle

[Late 16th century. < Latin]
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