aorta

See also Aorta

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortē, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aorteō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeirō, “I lift, raise”)

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /eɪˈɔːtə/
• (US) IPA: /eɪˈɔːrtə/

Noun

aorta (plural aortas or aortae)

1. (anatomy) 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.
2. (figuratively) 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. [1]

Derived terms

• aortal
• aortic

Translations

great artery

Arabic: أبهر  (ar) (ʾábhar) m. Belarusian: аорта (be) (aórta) f. Bulgarian: аорта (bg) (aórta) f. Catalan: aorta (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 大動脈 (zh), 大动脉 (zh) (dàdòngmài) Czech: srdečnice (cs) f., aorta (cs) f. Danish: aorta (da), hovedpulsåre (da) Dutch: aorta (nl) f. and m., lichaamsslagader (nl) f. and m. Finnish: aortta (fi) French: aorte (fr) f. German: Hauptschlagader (de) f., Aorta (de) f. Greek: αορτή (el) (aortí) f. Hindi: महाधमनी (hi) (mahādhmanī) f. Italian: aorta (it) f. Japanese: 大動脈 (ja) (だいどうみゃく, daidōmyaku) Kazakh: қолқа (kk) (qolqa)

Korean: 대동맥 (ko) (daedongmaek) (大動脈 (ko)) Macedonian: аорта (mk) (aórta) f. Manx: ard-chuishley (gv) f. Persian: آئورت (fa) (â'ort) Polish: aorta (pl) f. Russian: аорта (ru) (aórta) f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: аорта (sh) f. Roman: aorta (sh) f. Slovak: srdcovnica (sk) f., aorta (sk) f. Slovene: aorta (sl) f. Spanish: aorta (es) f. Swedish: aorta (sv) c. Turkish: aort (tr) Ukrainian: аорта (uk) (aórta) f. Vietnamese: động mạch chủ (vi), đại động mạch (vi) (大動脈 (vi)) Volapük: laortad (vo)

See also

• circulatory system

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Catalan

Noun

aorta f. (plural aortes)

1. aorta

Related terms

• aòrtic

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Noun

aorta f. (plural aorte)

1. (anatomy) aorta

Derived terms

• aortico

Anagrams

• arato
• orata

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Polish

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation

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Noun

aorta f.

1. aorta

Declension

    declension of aorta

	singular	plural
nominative	aorta	aorty
genitive	aorty	aort
dative	aorcie	aortom
accusative	aortę	aorty
instrumental	aortą	aortami
locative	aorcie	aortach
vocative	aorto	aorty

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ǎoːrta/
• Hyphenation: a‧or‧ta

Noun

àōrta f. (Cyrillic spelling а̀о̄рта)

1. aorta

Declension

    declension of aorta

	singular	plural
nominative	àōrta	aorte
genitive	aorte	àorātā / àōrtī / àōrtā
dative	aorti	aortama
accusative	aortu	aorte
vocative	aorto	aorte
locative	aorti	aortama
instrumental	aortom	aortama

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Spanish

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortē, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aorteō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeirō, “I lift, raise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /a.ˈoɾ.ta/, X-SAMPA: /a."o4.ta/

Noun

aorta f. (plural aortas)

1. aorta

Derived terms

• aórtico

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Swedish

Noun

aorta c.

1. aorta

Declension

Declension of aorta

	singular		plural
c	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	aorta	aortan	aortor	aortorna
genitive	aortas	aortans	aortors	aortornas