Associations to the word «Aorta»

Wiktionary

AORTA, noun. (anatomy) The 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.
AORTA, noun. (figuratively) The liveliest part of something.

Dictionary definition

AORTA, noun. The large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne