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27 lines
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"aortic arch":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": arch of the aorta":[],
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": one of the arterial branches in vertebrate embryos that exist in a series of pairs with one on each side of the embryo, connect the ventral arterial system lying anterior to the heart to the dorsal arterial system above the digestive tract, and persist in adult fishes but are reduced or much modified in the adult of higher forms":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"But because Caleb had a rare defect known as an interrupted aortic arch , oxygenated blood flow to his body was being choked off as the duct began to seal itself. \u2014 Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune , 22 Sep. 2020",
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"The team suspects that the animal\u2019s stretchy aortic arch , part of the main artery entering the heart, continues to slowly contract between heartbeats, maintaining blood flow to the animal\u2019s body. \u2014 Jason Daley, Smithsonian , 19 Nov. 2019",
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"In 2012, a 76-year-old Connecticut doctor had surgery to repair a life-threatening bulge in his aortic arch \u2014the hulking bend that hooks the massive artery around the heart, routing oxygenated blood both upward and downward. \u2014 Beth Mole, Ars Technica , 20 Mar. 2018",
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"The study is based off the case of a 76-year-old man who underwent surgery for his aortic arch , a part of the main artery around the heart. \u2014 Josh Magness, miamiherald , 21 Mar. 2018"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1802, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-113252",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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}
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}
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