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paraaortic

paraaortic adjective: beyond the aorta.

Adjective

paraaortic (not comparable)

  1. Beyond the aorta
    • At the same time a CT-scan of the abdomen revealed iliac, paraaortic, and mesenteric lymphadenopathy as well as splenomegaly.2015 May 23, Tassilo Kruis et al., “A case series in patients with enteropathy and granulomatous diseases”, in BMC Gastroenterology, volume 15, →DOI

Origin of paraaortic

From para- + aortic.

Questions about paraaortic

What does paraaortic mean?
Paraaortic means beyond the aorta.
What part of speech is paraaortic?
Paraaortic is an adjective.

Words near paraaortic in the dictionary

  1. para-table tennis
  2. para.
  3. paraaminobenzoic acid
  4. paraamyloidosis
  5. paraaortal
  6. paraaortic
  7. paraarterial
  8. paraarticular
  9. paraarticularly
  10. paraathlete
  11. paraautochthonous

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