aortic arch

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   the part of the aorta that arches and turns downward

   Broaderaorta

Questions about aortic arch

What does aortic arch mean?

aortic arch means "the part of the aorta that arches and turns downward".

Is aortic arch a common word?

aortic arch is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.