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AORTIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the aorta

Synonyms:

aortal; aortic

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

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

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 Context examples: 

The most common sites of involvement are the contralateral ovary, peritoneal cavity, para-aortic and pelvic lymph nodes, and liver.

(Ovarian Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An underdeveloped aortic arch that is present at birth.

(Congential Hypoplasia Aortic Arch, NCI Thesaurus)

The passage of a catheter into the aortic root or other great vessel for the purpose of angiography of the native coronary arteries or bypass grafts supplying native coronary arteries.

(Coronary Angiography, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

A small mass that is located in the inferior surface of the aortic arch. It functions as a peripheral chemoreceptor and is composed of glomus cells.

(Aortic Body, NCI Thesaurus)

Narrowing of the orifice of the aortic valve or of the supravalvular or subvalvular regions.

(Aortic Stenosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Solitary lesions of bone that typically cause a bulging of the overlying cortex bearing some resemblance to the saccular protrusion of the aortic wall in aortic aneurysm, hence the name.

(Aneurysmal Bone Cyst, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Actin, aortic smooth muscle (377 aa, ~42 kDa) is encoded by the human ACTA2 gene.

(Actin, Aortic Smooth Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes actin, aortic smooth muscle protein, is involved in smooth muscle cell contraction.

(ACTA2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Any of a group of disorders leading to occlusion of the arteries arising from the aortic arch. Such occlusion may be caused by atherosclerosis, arterial embolism, syphilitic or tuberculous arteritis, etc.

(Aortic Arch Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The smooth muscle tissue present in the tunica media which is the middle layer of the aortic wall.

(Aorta Smooth Muscle Tissue, NCI Thesaurus)