THORACIC AORTA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A branch of the descending aorta; divides into the iliac arteries

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("thoracic aorta" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("thoracic aorta" is a part of...):

chest; pectus; thorax (the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates)

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