ventriculoaortic

English

Alternative forms

• ventriculo-aortic

Etymology

ventriculo- +‎ aortic

Adjective

ventriculoaortic (not comparable)

1. (anatomy, medicine) Relating to a ventricle and the aorta.
   • 1833, R. J. Bertin, translated by Charles W. Chauncy, Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart, and Great Vessels, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blnachard, page 210:

     These symptoms are those of an obstacle to the course of the blood, which, in the present case, were found principally about the ventriculo-aortic orifice; which, in consequence of its contraction, was opposed to the free passage of the blood, and compelled it to flow back towards the pulmonary system: […]