noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Aneurysms of the aorta and other vessels: &.
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In these accidents the air-bag punch-out forces caused a ruptured aorta , rib fractures, severe myocardial contusions, etc.
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It was a mercy we did, for X-rays revealed not only back trouble, but a massive abdominal aorta aneurysm.
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No expression was detected in aorta , vena cava and other rabbit tissues.
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Now, I may fear a collapsed bridge or an inadvertently sliced aorta .
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The most critical is a life-threatening weakness in the aorta -- the major blood vessel from the heart.
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The third important complication of cardiovascular syphilis is the development of aneurysms in the wall of the aorta or other major arteries.
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We suggest that this is misleading as different workers have used different sizes of the aorta to define an aneurysm.