ASCENDING AORTA

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The ascending part of the aorta as it emerges from the left ventricle

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("ascending aorta" 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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