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aortal

aortal

1 7.9
Relating to the main artery that carries blood from the heart
  • adjective
  • /eɪˈɔrtəl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : aórtico
  • She has a congenital defect affecting the aortal structure of her heart.

Examples

  • The patient's recovery depended on repairing the aortal damage caused by the accident.

  • They're flying an aortal trauma here now.

    Nurse Betty (2000)

  • Wouldn't you have to remove all the infected aortal tissue and replace it with a graft?

    Blog text (16)

  • The surgeons were concerned about the damage to the aortal valve during the procedure.

Synonyms

aortic
vsaortal
  • Specialized
23 5.5

Relating to the main artery that carries blood from the heart to the body

has identical meaning but is a different spelling variant

Surface Forms

aortal positive

Morphology

aortal = aorta (transparent) = aorta + al

The adjective is a regular and directly interpretable formation meaning 'relating to the aorta'.

Etymology

The word aortal comes from aorta, the body's main artery, and that name comes from an old Greek word meaning 'to lift' because the aorta lifts blood up and out of the heart. So aortal simply means 'relating to the aorta'.