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n. The main trunk of the systemic arteries, carrying blood from the left side of the heart to the arteries of all limbs and organs except the lungs.

n. 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.

n. The liveliest part of something.

n. 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.

n. In anatomy, the main trunk of the arterial system, issuing from the left ventricle of the heart, conveying arterialized blood to all parts of the body except the lungs, and giving rise, directly or indirectly, to all the arteries of the body except the pulmonary.

n. In the higher invertebrates, the large blood-vessel leading from the heart, usually anteriorly and posteriorly.

n. the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries

"The fact that the horn barely missed the aorta is an UNBELIEVABLE piece of luck is what I meant to say."

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