aortaとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /eɪˈɔːtə/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /eɪˈɔɹtə/

名詞

aorta (複数形 aortas または aortae)

1. (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.
2. (figuratively) The liveliest part of something.
   • 2007 January 26, Kanfer, Stefan, “In Lower Manhattan, the Echo of the Yiddish Stage Endures”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Tracing their battles, I had many occasions to walk along Second Avenue, the aorta of the Lower East Side, exploring places that were once as vibrant and tumultuous as Midtown Manhattan.

派生語

等位語

• circulatory system

Further reading

• aorta on Wikipedia.

Latin

語源

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”). Medieval Latin; compare the Classical borrowing of the same as averta.

Partēs aortae

別の表記

• aortē, adorta

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈor.ta/, [äˈɔrt̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈor.ta/, [äˈɔrt̪ä]

名詞

aorta f (genitive aortae); first declension

1. aorta

語形変化

First-declension noun.

派生語