aorta

Significat (Anglès)

aorta (great artery)

Conceptes

aorta

Sinònims

artéria

Traduccions

aorte

aorta

aorta

aorta

Aorta

αορτή

aorta

Hauptschlagader

aorta

aort

lichaamsslagader

أبهر

aorta

artère

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/aˈɔʁ.tɐ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Manllevat de grec antic: ἀορτή

In summary

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, raise”).