AORTIC ORIFICE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aortic orifice mean? 

• AORTIC ORIFICE (noun)
  The noun AORTIC ORIFICE has 1 sense:

1. the orifice from the lower left chamber of the heart to the aorta

  Familiarity information: AORTIC ORIFICE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AORTIC ORIFICE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The orifice from the lower left chamber of the heart to the aorta

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("aortic orifice" is a kind of...):

opening; orifice; porta (an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity)

 Context examples 

Any portion of the aorta including the ascending and descending aorta, and aortic arch or a portion of the aortic orifice of the left ventricle.

(Aortic Segment, NCI Thesaurus)