a 1 o 1 r 1 t 1 a 1
5 letters · 5 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries
originBorrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, raise”).
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