aorta
noun/eɪˈɔːtə/
/eɪˈɔːrtə/
(anatomy)- the main artery that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body once it has passed through the lungsTopics Bodyc2Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Greek aortē (used in the plural by Hippocrates (c. 460-377 BC, the Greek physician, regarded as the father of medicine), for the branches of the windpipe, and by Aristotle (384-322 BC, the philosopher and scientist), for the great artery), from aeirein ‘raise’.
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