ascending aorta

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   the ascending part of the aorta as it emerges from the left ventricle

   Broaderaorta

Questions about ascending aorta

What does ascending aorta mean?

ascending aorta means "the ascending part of the aorta as it emerges from the left ventricle".

Is ascending aorta a common word?

ascending aorta 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.