Definition of Aortal

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the aorta.

Exact synonyms: Aortic
Partainyms: Aorta, Aorta
Derivative terms: Aorta, Aorta

Definition of Aortal

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the aorta. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aortal

1. aorta [adj] - See also: aorta

Medical Definition of Aortal

1. Relating to the aorta or the aortic orifice of the left ventricle of the heart. Synonym: aortal. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aortal

ao dai
ao dais
aolbonics
aorist
aorist aspect
aoristic
aoristically
aorists
aorta
aorta abdominalis
aorta ascendens
aorta descendens
aorta thoracica
aortae
aortal (current term)
aortalgia
aortarctia
aortartia
aortas
aortectasis
aortectomy
aortic
aortic-pulmonic window
aortic aneurysm
aortic arch
aortic arch syndromes
aortic area

Literary usage of Aortal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1841)
"V.—Case of aortal Aneurism which opened into the Vena Cava Superior, opposite the entrance of the Vena ..."

2. The Medico-chirurgical Review by James Johnson, Henry James Johnson (1823)
"... Morgagni are also to be found instances of aortal congestion and of coagula, formerly called polypi, in the left ventricle; while the right heart,and ..."

3. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Warren Anatomical Museum by John Barnard Swett Jackson (1870)
"Two of the aortal valves so completely fused as to form one continuous ... Very great disease of the aortal valves. Many yellow vegetations upon them, ..."

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