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left atrium

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English

Syllables
left- a-tri-um
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the chambers of the heart in humans and other mammals, which receives oxygenated blood from the lungs via the pulmonary veins, and pumps it into the left ventricle.

Inflected Forms

left atriums (plural) left atria (plural)

Phrases

right atrium

Frequently Paired Words

right atrium

Synonyms

left atrium of the heart atrium sinistrum

Questions

What does left atrium mean?
One of the chambers of the heart in humans and other mammals, which receives oxygenated blood from the lungs via the pulmonary veins, and pumps it into the left ventricle.

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