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adj. - Of or relating to the chief arterial trunk of the vertebrate body that carries blood from the heart to be distributed to all parts of the body reached by the systemic circulation

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  • If the heart be injected from the abdominal aorta, the aortal arch will flatten against the sternum.
  • Unfortunately. this inspirational, kind man recently passed away at the age of 69 from an aortal aneurysm.
  • Two longtime friends, Michael Parver and Don Smith, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Diehl died of an aortal aneurysm.
  • I did not strike deeply enough to injure him, to rupture or tear open his body, slashing the stomach or crushing the aortal (pg. 58) tube, only enough to stop him,...
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