What it means
The root in words about the aorta, the large artery that leaves the left ventricle and supplies oxygen-rich blood to the whole body. Aortic means of the aorta, aortic stenosis is a narrowed aortic valve, an aortogram is an x-ray picture of it, and coarctation of the aortakoh-ark-TAY-shun uv thee ay-OR-tuhA heart defect present at birth in which part of the aorta is narrowed.Full entry is a narrowing of the vessel itself.
At a glance
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Related terms
artery
A blood vessel that takes blood from the heart out to the body.
coarctation of the aorta
A heart defect present at birth in which part of the aorta is narrowed.