English Explanatory Dictionary

truncus arteriosus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The single arterial outlet in the embryological heart which later divides into the aorta and the pulmonary trunk.
  2. Ellipsis of persistent truncus arteriosus.

Word forms

truncus arteriosus trunci arteriosi

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin truncus arteriosus (literally “arterial trunk”).

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