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- noun Plural form of
aorta .
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Examples
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A story with a lawnmower: I was explaining this very concept (actually “comparative advantage,” roughly the same) to some students – I said a surgeon shouldn’t mow his lawn because someone else can mow his lawn for $10/hour while he can fix aortas for $7000/hour or whatever the going rate for fixed aortas is these days.
How to simplify your business – with free audio | Johnny B. Truant 2009
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The FDA didn ' t inspect or audit the plant where the devices were made before they were placed in the aortas of more than 175 study participants, according to information from Aptus and from presentations at medical conferences.
Stent-Graft Study Points to Gap in Oversight Thomas M. Burton 2010
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Additional experiments on rat aortas and rat endothelial cells
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The drug was intended to prevent aortas from dilating, but an Italian group had discovered that it might strengthen skeletal muscle, too.
DIY DNA: One Father's Attempt to Hack His Daughter's Genetic Code 2009
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There are two ventral aortas, one on each side, with segmental aortic arches, one for each ‘gill’ on each side, connecting to paired dorsal aortas.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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These generally involve images of doctors squeezing ricotta-like tar from the aortas of dead smokers, or of carcinomas, or my personal favorite, the one of the woman who lost most of her fingers to cigarettes.
Smear Campaigns: Nasty Ads and Greasy Grips BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Marfan patients grow up to be unusually tall and long-limbed, with dangerously enlarged aortas.
DIY DNA: One Father's Attempt to Hack His Daughter's Genetic Code 2009
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Marfan patients grow up to be unusually tall and long-limbed, with dangerously enlarged aortas.
DIY DNA: One Father's Attempt to Hack His Daughter's Genetic Code 2009
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The drug was intended to prevent aortas from dilating, but an Italian group had discovered that it might strengthen skeletal muscle, too.
DIY DNA: One Father's Attempt to Hack His Daughter's Genetic Code 2009
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There are two ventral aortas, one on each side, with segmental aortic arches, one for each ‘gill’ on each side, connecting to paired dorsal aortas.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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