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Webster 1913 Edition

Aorta

A-or′ta

,
Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to lift, heave.]
(Anat.)
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.
☞ In fishes and the early stages of all higher vertebrates the aorta divides near its origin into several branches (the aortic arches) which pass in pairs round the œsophagus and unite to form the systemic aorta. One or more pairs of these arches persist in amphibia and reptiles, but only one arch in birds and mammals, this being on the right side in the former, and on the left in the latter.

Webster 1828 Edition

Aorta

AORT'A

,
Noun.
[Gr. the great artery; also an ark or chest.]
The great artery, or trunk of the arterial system; proceeding from the left ventricle of the heart, and giving origin to all the arteries, except the pulmonary arteries. It first rises, when it is called the ascending aorta; then makes a great curve, when it gives off branches to the head, and upper extremities; then proceeds downwards, called the descending aorta, when it gives off branches to the trunk; and finally divides into the two iliacs, which supply the pelvis and lower extremities.

Definition 2024

Aorta

Aorta

See also: aorta and aortā

German

Noun

Aorta f ‎(genitive Aorta, plural Aorten)

  1. aorta

Synonyms

aorta

aorta

See also: Aorta and aortā

English

Noun

aorta ‎(plural aortas or aortae)

  1. (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.
  2. (figuratively) The liveliest part of something.
    Tracing their battles, I had many occasions to walk along Second Avenue, the aorta of the Lower East Side, exploring places that were once as vibrant and tumultuous as Midtown Manhattan.

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Translations

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Asturian

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀορτή ‎(aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω ‎(aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω ‎(aeírō, “I lift, raise”).

Noun

aorta f ‎(plural aortes)

  1. (anatomy) aorta

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀορτή ‎(aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω ‎(aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω ‎(aeírō, “I lift, raise”).

Noun

aorta f ‎(plural aortes)

  1. (anatomy) aorta

Related terms

Galician

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀορτή ‎(aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω ‎(aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω ‎(aeírō, “I lift, raise”).

Noun

aorta f ‎(plural aortas)

  1. (anatomy) aorta

Related terms

Irish

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀορτή ‎(aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω ‎(aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω ‎(aeírō, “I lift, raise”).

Noun

aorta m ‎(genitive singular aorta, nominative plural aortaí)

  1. (anatomy) aorta

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aorta n-aorta haorta t-aorta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀορτή ‎(aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω ‎(aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω ‎(aeírō, “I lift, raise”).

Noun

aorta f ‎(plural aorte)

  1. (anatomy) aorta

Derived terms

Anagrams

Latvian

Aorta

Etymology

Via other European languages, ultimately a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀορτή ‎(aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω ‎(aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω ‎(aeírō, “I lift, raise”).

Pronunciation

Noun

aorta f (4th declension)

  1. (anatomy) aorta (the main artery of the circulatory system, responsible for carrying the blood from the heart to the rest of the body except the lungs)
    lielais asinsriņķošanas loks sākas ar aortu‎ ― the great blood circulation cycle begins with the aorta
    lielie asinsvadi: aorta un plaušu artērija‎ ― the major blood vessels: the aorta and the pulmonary artery

Declension

Polish

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀορτή ‎(aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω ‎(aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω ‎(aeírō, “I lift, raise”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aˈɔrta]

Noun

aorta f

  1. (anatomy) aorta
Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀορτή ‎(aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω ‎(aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω ‎(aeírō, “I lift, raise”).

Noun

aorta f (plural aortas)

  1. (anatomy) aorta (great artery)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀορτή ‎(aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω ‎(aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω ‎(aeírō, “I lift, raise”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǎoːrta/
  • Hyphenation: a‧or‧ta

Noun

àōrta f ‎(Cyrillic spelling а̀о̄рта)

  1. (anatomy) aorta

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀορτή ‎(aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω ‎(aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω ‎(aeírō, “I lift, raise”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ˈoɾ.ta/

Noun

aorta f ‎(plural aortas)

  1. (anatomy) aorta

Derived terms

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀορτή ‎(aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω ‎(aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω ‎(aeírō, “I lift, raise”).

Noun

aorta c

  1. (anatomy) aorta

Declension

Inflection of aorta 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative aorta aortan aortor aortorna
Genitive aortas aortans aortors aortornas

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀορτή ‎(aortḗ)

Pronunciation

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