Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun descending_aorta

1 sense of descending aorta

Sense 1
descending aorta -- (the descending part of the aorta that branches into the thoracic and abdominal aortae)
       => aorta -- (the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries)