"aorta" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /eɪˈɔːtə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /eɪˈɔɹtə/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aorta.wav [Southern-England] Forms: aortas [plural], aortae [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “I lift, raise”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|ἀορτή|t=the arteries springing from the heart}} Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), {{m|grc|ἀορτέω}} ἀορτέω (aortéō), {{m|grc|ἀείρω|t=I lift, raise}} ἀείρω (aeírō, “I lift, raise”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|aortae}} 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. Categories (topical): Anatomy Translations (great artery): ἀορτή (aortḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), أَبْهَر (ʔabhar) [masculine] (Arabic), وَتِين (watīn) [masculine] (Arabic), أَوُرْطَى (ʔawurṭā) [masculine] (Arabic), aorta [feminine] (Asturian), ао́рта (aórta) [feminine] (Belarusian), ао́рта (aórta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), aorta [feminine] (Catalan), 主動脈 (Chinese Mandarin), 主动脉 (zhǔdòngmài) (Chinese Mandarin), 大動脈 (Chinese Mandarin), 大动脉 (dàdòngmài) (Chinese Mandarin), srdečnice [feminine] (Czech), aorta [feminine] (Czech), aorta (Danish), hovedpulsåre (Danish), aorta [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), lichaamsslagader [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), aorto (Esperanto), meginlívæðr [feminine] (Faroese), aortta (Finnish), aorte [feminine] (French), aorta [feminine] (Galician), Hauptschlagader [feminine] (German), Aorta [feminine] (German), αορτή (aortí) [feminine] (Greek), મહાધમની (mahādhamnī) (Gujarati), אבי העורקים (aví ha-orakím) [masculine] (Hebrew), אאורטה (aórta) [feminine] (Hebrew), महाधमनी (mahādhmanī) [feminine] (Hindi), főverőér (Hungarian), aorto (Ido), aorta (Indonesian), aorta [masculine] (Irish), aorta [feminine] (Italian), 大動脈 (daidōmyaku) (alt: だいどうみゃく) (Japanese), қолқа (qolqa) (Kazakh), 대동맥 (daedongmaek) (alt: 大動脈) (Korean), ао́рта (aórta) [feminine] (Macedonian), ard-chuishley [feminine] (Manx), pūtahi o te manawa (Maori), гол судас (gol sudas) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), гол судал (gol sudal) [China, Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠭᠣᠣᠯ ᠰᠤᠳᠠᠰᠤ (ɣool sudasu) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), ᠭᠣᠣᠯ ᠰᠤᠳᠠᠯ (ɣool sudal) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), şahxwînber f aort [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), آئورت (â'ort) (Persian), رگ جان (rag-e jân) (Persian), aorta [feminine] (Polish), aorta [feminine] (Portuguese), aortă [feminine] (Romanian), ао́рта (aórta) [feminine] (Russian), а̀о̄рта [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), àōrta [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), srdcovnica [feminine] (Slovak), aorta [feminine] (Slovak), aorta [feminine] (Slovene), aorta [feminine] (Spanish), aorta [common-gender] (Swedish), kroppspulsåder [common-gender] (Swedish), punong-tibukan (Tagalog), punong ugat-tibukan (Tagalog), బృహద్ధమని (br̥haddhamani) (Telugu), మహాధమని (mahādhamani) (Telugu), เอออร์ตา (Thai), aort (Turkish), ао́рта (aórta) [feminine] (Ukrainian), aorta (Uzbek), động mạch chủ (Vietnamese), đại động mạch (alt: 大動脈) (Vietnamese), laortad (Volapük), taqerpak (Yup'ik)
    Sense id: en-aorta-en-noun-xNB4qSww Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'great artery': 100 0
  2. (figuratively) The liveliest part of something. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-aorta-en-noun-k6TftTFA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51
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Derived forms: aortal, aortic, aortitis, aortography, aortoplasty, aortorrhaphy, arch of the aorta, porcelain aorta Coordinate_terms: circulatory system

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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "great artery",
      "word": "મહાધમની"
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      "sense": "great artery",
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      "tags": [
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      "alt": "だいどうみゃく",
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      "sense": "great artery",
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      "code": "kmr",
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      "word": "آئورت"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "great artery",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "aorta"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "great artery",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "aorta"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "great artery",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "aortă"
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      "sense": "great artery",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "great artery",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "а̀о̄рта"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "great artery",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "aorta"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "great artery",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aorta"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "great artery",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aorta"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "great artery",
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      "word": "aorta"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "great artery",
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      "word": "kroppspulsåder"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "great artery",
      "word": "punong-tibukan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "great artery",
      "word": "punong ugat-tibukan"
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "br̥haddhamani",
      "sense": "great artery",
      "word": "బృహద్ధమని"
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "mahādhamani",
      "sense": "great artery",
      "word": "మహాధమని"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "great artery",
      "word": "เอออร์ตา"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "great artery",
      "word": "aort"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "aórta",
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      "code": "uz",
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "great artery",
      "word": "động mạch chủ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "大動脈",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "great artery",
      "word": "đại động mạch"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "great artery",
      "word": "laortad"
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    {
      "code": "esu",
      "lang": "Yup'ik",
      "sense": "great artery",
      "word": "taqerpak"
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  "word": "aorta"
}

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