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left atrium

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  • noun One of the chambers of the heart in humans and other mammals, receives oxygenated blood from the lungs via the pulmonary veins, and pumps it into the left ventricle.

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  • noun the left upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the pulmonary veins

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hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. atrium cordis
  2. atrium of the heart

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