aorta

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: a=or=ta

CIDE DICTIONARY

aorta, n. [NL., fr. Gr. , fr. to lift, heave.].

 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.  [1913 Webster]
" In fishes and the early stages of all higher vertebrates the aorta divides near its origin into several branches (the aortic arches) which pass in pairs round the œsophagus and unite to form the systemic aorta. One or more pairs of these arches persist in amphibia and reptiles, but only one arch in birds and mammals, this being on the right side in the former, and on the left in the latter."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

aorta, n. (pl. aortas) the main artery, giving rise to the arterial network through which oxygenated blood is supplied to the body from the heart.

Derivative

aortic adj.

Etymology

Gk aorte f. a(e)iro raise

ROGET THESAURUS

aorta

Conduit

N conduit, channel, duct, watercourse, race, head race, tail race, abito, aboideau, aboiteau, bito, acequia, acequiador, acequiamadre, arroyo, adit, aqueduct, canal, trough, gutter, pantile, flume, ingate, runner, lock-weir, tedge, vena, dike, main, gully, moat, ditch, drain, sewer, culvert, cloaca, sough, kennel, siphon, piscina, pipe, funnel, tunnel, water pipe, waste pipe, emunctory, gully hole, artery, aorta, pore, spout, scupper, adjutage, ajutage, hose, gargoyle, gurgoyle, penstock, weir, flood gate, water gate, sluice, lock, valve, rose, waterworks, pipeline, vascular.