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Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system. · The liveliest part of something.
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, raise”).
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- Borrowed-form mentionἀορτήgrc · the arteries springing from the heart
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