Such a connecting vessel is termed a ductus botalli.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Common Frog] Reference

And there's a blood vessel called the ductus arteriosus which connects those two arteries.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tetralogy of Fallot — Preparing for your Baby's Delivery] Reference

So we have to initiate prostaglandin therapy to keep the ductus open.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tetralogy of Fallot — Preparing for your Baby's Delivery] Reference

When the ductus arteriosus fails to close, it's said to be -patent--open.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]

Romam triumpho ductus tandemque in carcerem conjectus, animi dolore periit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference

R.E. Gross and J.P. Hubbard, Surgical ligation of a patent ductus arteriosus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dickinson W. Richards - Nobel Lecture] Reference

Gross and Hubbard: Successful ligation of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in Boston.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thursday Thirteen # 32: a history lesson « Adventures in Juggling] Reference

A patent ductus arteriosus may have no symptoms, beyond that odd, continuous murmur.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]

He was the first to describe the ductus arteriosus, and the three coats of the arteries.    From Wordnik.com.  [Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine] Reference

The ductus arteriosus is an alternate route for oxygenated blood to reach the lower body.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interruption of the Aortic Arch] Reference

Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a condition in which the ductus arteriosus doesn't close.    From Wordnik.com.  [Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA)] Reference

Katie Brennan was diagnosed with patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) when she was three months old.    From Wordnik.com.  [Patient Stories from the Cardiac Center] Reference

Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), ventricular septal defects (VSD) andatrial septal defects (ASD).    From Wordnik.com.  [Pulmonary Hypertension] Reference

The ductus arteriosus is a small blood vessel that in the fetus joins the aorta to the pulmonary artery.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]

This connection, called PDA or patent ductus arteriosus, is open in the fetus, and closes soon after birth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tricuspid Atresia] Reference

In men it can cause urethritis with possible infection of the ductus deferens and the testicles (epididymitis).    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 2] Reference

Adzick NS, Harrison MR, deLorimier AA: Surgical clip ligation of the patent ductus arteriosus in premature infants.    From Wordnik.com.  [CHOP pediatric surgery publications] Reference

An intravenous medication used to keep a patent ductus arteriosus from closing and to preserve blood flow to the lungs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cardiac terms and definitions] Reference

The left pneumo-gastric nerve winds round beneath the arch at the point where the obliterated ductus arteriosus joins it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

The cardiovascular malformations observed were mainly atrial and ventricular septal defects and patent ductus arteriosus.    From Wordnik.com.  [ACE Inhibitors Should Have Been Banned For Pregnant Women] Reference

The right ventricular artery would then, through the medium of the ductus arteriosus, supply both the lungs and the system.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

He or she will tie off the ductus arteriosus and close the ventricular septal defect by stitching a patch into the muscle of the heart.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interruption of the Aortic Arch] Reference

ductus venosus: The ductus venosus constricts and closes soon after birth.    From Wordnik.com.  [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference

Vitamin E selenium preterm infants - lack influence medical patency ductus arteriosus.    From Wordnik.com.  [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference

A patent ductus venosus is uncommon, being very rare in children and even more so in adults.    From Wordnik.com.  [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference

ductus Deferens - Thick-walled, the ductus deferens is composed of several layers of tissue.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Furthermore, the patent ductus arteriosus is a heart problem that affects most premature babies.    From Wordnik.com.  [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference

Nothing like the 'ductus literarum,' or attraction of the eye to a neighbouring word, can be alleged here.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] Introduction and Publisher's Advertising] Reference

Innocens captus, nec repugnans ductus; testibus falsis pro impiis damnatus quos redemisti, tu conserva, Christe.    From Wordnik.com.  [Catholic Fire] Reference

Within a few weeks, new connective tissue replaces the ductus arteriosus and it becomes known as the ligamentum arteriosum.    From Wordnik.com.  [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference

Stevenson JG (1977) Fluid administration in the association of patent ductus arteriosus complicating respiratory distress syndrome.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Hawkins reports a case of congenital obliteration of the ductus communis choledochus in a male infant which died at the age of four and.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

Cutting the umbilical cord also increases vascular resistance in the systemic vascular system, which causes the ductus venosus to close.    From Wordnik.com.  [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference