truncus arteriosus

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin truncus arteriosus (literally “arterial trunk”).

Noun[edit]

truncus arteriosus (plural trunci arteriosi)

  1. (embryology) The single arterial outlet in the embryological heart which later divides into the aorta and the pulmonary trunk.
  2. (pathology) Ellipsis of persistent truncus arteriosus.
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