aorta
/eɪˈɔːtə/US/eɪˈɔɹtə/
aorta noun: 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.
Noun
aorta (plural aortas or aortae)
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- great artery
- 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.2007 January 26, Stefan Kanfer, “In Lower Manhattan, the Echo of the Yiddish Stage Endures”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2019
aorta meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
aorta in Hindi
- great artery
- महाधमनी mahādhmanī
aorta in Tamil
- பெருந்தமணி, பெருநாடி, கண்டரை, ஆதார நாடி
aorta in Marathi
- great artery
- महारोहिणी mahārohiṇī, महाधमनी mahādhamnī
aorta in Urdu
- شہ رگ
More languagesFewer languages
- aorta in Telugu
- బృహద్ధమని br̥haddhamani, మహాధమని mahādhamani
- aorta in Gujarati
- મહાધમની mahādhamnī
- aorta in Tagalog
- punong-tibukan, punong ugat-tibukan
- aorta in Arabic
- أَبْهَر ʔabhar, وَتِين watīn, أَوُرْطَى ʔawurṭā
- aorta in Indonesian
- aorta, batang nadi
- aorta in Persian
- آئورت â'ort, رگ جان rag-e jân
- aorta in Thai
- เอออร์ตา ee-ɔɔ-dtaa
- aorta in Vietnamese
- động mạch chủ, đại động mạch
Examples of aorta in a sentence
- Hiatus aorticus is an opening in the diaphragm through which aorta and thoracic duct pass.
- This major artery from the heart to the lower body, the aorta, can indeed develop aneurysms.
- Successful surgical treatment of two patients with a porcelain aorta requiring aortic valve replacement is reported.
Synonyms of aorta
Forms of aorta
| plural | aortas |
|---|---|
| plural | aortae |
Origin of aorta
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, raise”).
Words formed from aorta
Questions about aorta
- What does aorta mean?
- Aorta means 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.
- What is aorta in Hindi?
- Aorta in Hindi is महाधमनी (mahādhmanī). See Aorta meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is aorta?
- Aorta is a noun.
- How do you pronounce aorta?
- Aorta is pronounced /eɪˈɔːtə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of aorta?
- The plural of aorta is aortas.
Words near aorta in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: aorta (page history and authors); aorta (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aorta (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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