ventriculoaortic

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From ventriculo- +‎ aortic.

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ventriculoaortic (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy, medicine) Relating to a ventricle and the aorta.
    • 1833, R. J. Bertin, translated by Charles W. Chauncy, Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart, and Great Vessels, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blnachard, page 210:
      These symptoms are those of an obstacle to the course of the blood, which, in the present case, were found principally about the ventriculo-aortic orifice; which, in consequence of its contraction, was opposed to the free passage of the blood, and compelled it to flow back towards the pulmonary system: []