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Aorta vs Coarctation - What's the difference?

aorta | coarctation |

As nouns the difference between aorta and coarctation

is that aorta is aorta while coarctation is (medicine) a stenosis, especially of the aorta.

aorta

English

(wikipedia aorta)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (label) 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.
  • (label) The liveliest part of something.
    • Tracing their battles, I had many occasions to walk along Second Avenue, the aorta of the Lower East Side, exploring places that were once as vibrant and tumultuous as Midtown Manhattan. [http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/01/26/travel/escapes/26yiddish.html?8dpc]

    Derived terms

    * aortal * aortic

    See also

    * circulatory system ----

    coarctation

    English

    Noun

  • (medicine) A stenosis, especially of the aorta.
  • (obsolete) confinement to a narrow space
    • (Francis Bacon)
  • (obsolete) pressure; that which presses
    • (Ray)