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| a·or·ta [ ay áwrtə ] (plural a·or·tas or a·or·tae [ ay áwr tee ]) |
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main artery leaving heart: the main artery in mammals that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to all the branch arteries in the body except those in the lungs
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| [Mid-16th century. Via modern Latin< Greek aortē< aeirein "raise"; perhaps from the notion that the heart was held up by the aorta] |
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