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truncus arteriosus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables
trun-cus ar-te-rio-sus
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The single arterial outlet in the embryological heart which later divides into the aorta and the pulmonary trunk.

noun

Ellipsis of persistent truncus arteriosus.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

trunci arteriosi (plural)

Questions

What does truncus arteriosus mean?
The single arterial outlet in the embryological heart which later divides into the aorta and the pulmonary trunk.
Where does truncus arteriosus come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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