ventriculoaortic
ventriculoaortic adjective: relating to a ventricle and the aorta.
Adjective
ventriculoaortic (not comparable)
- Relating to a ventricle and the aorta.
- These symptoms are those of an obstacle to the course of the blood, which, in the present case, were found principally about the ventriculo-aortic orifice; which, in consequence of its contraction, was opposed to the free passage of the blood, and compelled it to flow back towards the pulmonary...1833, R. J. Bertin, translated by Charles W. Chauncy, Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart, and Great Vessels, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blnachard, page 210
Forms of ventriculoaortic
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Origin of ventriculoaortic
From ventriculo- + aortic.
Questions about ventriculoaortic
- What does ventriculoaortic mean?
- Ventriculoaortic means relating to a ventricle and the aorta.
- What part of speech is ventriculoaortic?
- Ventriculoaortic is an adjective.
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