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AORTIC ARCH

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Dictionary entry overview: What does aortic arch mean?

• AORTIC ARCH (noun)
The noun AORTIC ARCH has 1 sense:

1. the part of the aorta that arches and turns downward

Familiarity information: AORTIC ARCH used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• AORTIC ARCH (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The part of the aorta that arches and turns downward

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("aortic arch" is a kind of...):

aorta (the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries)

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