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aorta
/eɪˈɔɹtə/
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Keep the opening vowels separate.
The opening a and the stressed vowel after it belong to separate syllables here. Let the r lead into the final light syllable.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The diagram labels the aorta.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does aorta mean?
noun
- 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.
- (figuratively) The liveliest part of something.
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IPA pronunciation
/eɪˈɔɹtə/
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That the left carotid does not show the palpitation may be based on the fact that the right stands in much more direct connection with the aorta.
Holly reports a case of pistol-shot wound through the right ventricle, septum, and aorta, with the ball in the left ventricle.
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The section on aneurysm of the aorta remains one of the best ever written.
I may say that this horse was under my observation pretty regularly during the whole of his career, and up to the time of his death, from ruptured aorta, when eight years old.