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
• Asturian: aorta (ast) f
• Belarusian: аорта (be) (aórta) f 
• Bulgarian: аорта (bg) (aórta) f 
• Catalan: aorta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大動脈 (cmn), 大动脉 (cmn) (dàdòngmài)

• Czech: srdečnice (cs) f, aorta (cs) f
• Danish: aorta (da), hovedpulsåre (da)
• Dutch: aorta (nl) f and m, lichaamsslagader (nl) f and m
• Esperanto: aorto (eo)
• Faroese: meginlívæðr (fo) f
• Finnish: aortta (fi)
• French: aorte (fr) f
• Galician: aorta (gl) 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
• Portuguese: aorta (pt)
• 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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Asturian

Etymology

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

Noun

aorta f (plural aortes)

1. aorta

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Catalan

Etymology

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

Noun

aorta f (plural aortes)

1. aorta

Related terms

• aòrtic

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Galician

Etymology

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

Noun

aorta f (plural aortas)

1. aorta

Related terms

• aórtico

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

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

Noun

aorta f (plural aorte)

1. (anatomy) aorta

Derived terms

• aortico

Anagrams

• arato
• orata

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Polish

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio

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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
common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	aorta	aortan	aortor	aortorna
genitive	aortas	aortans	aortors	aortornas