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THORACIC AORTA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A branch of the descending aorta; divides into the iliac arteries
Classified under:
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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