Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The first section of the arterial trunk (truncusarteriosus) of the lower vertebrates. See
truncus .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) The first and undivided part of the aortic trunk in the amphibian heart.
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- noun anatomy The first and undivided part of the
aortic trunk in theamphibian heart .
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek an entrance + a vessel.
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Examples
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This truncus consists of two parts: the first, the conus or pylangium (c.a.), muscular, contractile, and containing a series of valves; the second, the bulbus or synangium (b.a.), without valves and pulsatile.
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