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descending aorta

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.82 in modern English

Syllables
de-scend-ing aor-ta
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

the descending part of the aorta that branches into the thoracic and abdominal aortae

Questions

What does descending aorta mean?
the descending part of the aorta that branches into the thoracic and abdominal aortae

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