- aorta
[aorta 词源字典]
- aorta: see artery
[aorta etymology, aorta origin, 英语词源] - aorta (n.)
- 1570s, from Medieval Latin aorta, from Greek aorte, term applied by Aristotle to the great artery of the heart, literally "what is hung up," from aeirein "to lift, heave, raise," which is of uncertain origin; related to the second element in meteor. Used earlier by Hippocrates of the bronchial tubes. Related: Aortal; aortic.