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S vs Aorta - What's the difference?

s | aorta |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun aorta is

aorta.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    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 ----