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Definition: Left Atrium |
Left AtriumNoun1. The left upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the pulmonary veins. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Left AtriumSynonyms: atrium sinistrum (n), left atrium of the heart (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Left Atrium |
| English words defined with "left atrium": bicuspid valve ♦ left atrioventricular valve, left atrium of the heart, left ventricle ♦ mitral valve, mitral valve prolapse ♦ oblique vein of the left atrium ♦ pulmonary vein ♦ vena obliqua atrii sinistri, vena pulmonalis. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "left atrium": Atrial Function, Left ♦ Catheterization, Swan-Ganz ♦ EN-dienblad, en-route, Ethylketocyclazocine ♦ Heart Bypass, Left ♦ Mitral Valve Insufficiency ♦ NX EN ♦ Pulmonary Veins ♦ Tricuspid Atresia. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Left atrium has been opened to show thickened mitral valve leaflets from above. Autopsy.Credit: CDC. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Atrial fibrillation is irregular beating of the left atrium, or left upper chamber, of the heart. (references) | |
In people with atrial fibrillation, the left atrium beats up to four times faster than the rest of the heart. (references) | ||
The left ventricle receives oxygen-rich blood from the left atrium and pumps it to the body through the aorta. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "left atrium": left atrium of the heart ♦ oblique vein of the left atrium. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
left atrium | 8 |
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| Language | Translations for "left atrium"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | venstre hjertehalvdel (cor sinistrum, left atrium and ventricle), venstre hjerte (cor sinistrum, left atrium and ventricle). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | linkerhart (cor sinistrum, left atrium and ventricle), cor sinistrum (cor sinistrum, left atrium and ventricle), cor arteriosum (cor sinistrum, left atrium and ventricle). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | coeur gauche (left atrium and ventricle), auricule gauche (auricle of left atrium). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | linkes Vorhofohr (auricle of left atrium), linkes Herzohr (auricle of left atrium), linkes Herz (cor sinistrum, left atrium and ventricle), Cor arteriosum (cor sinistrum, left atrium and ventricle), Auricula sinistra (auricle of left atrium), arterielles Herz (cor sinistrum, left atrium and ventricle). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | αριστερή καρδιά (cor sinistrum, left atrium and ventricle), αρτηριακή καρδιά (cor sinistrum, left atrium and ventricle). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | cuore sinistro (cor sinistrum, left atrium and ventricle). (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 左心房 . (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | さし"ぼう. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | eftlay atriumay corazón izquierdo (cor sinistrum, left atrium and ventricle). (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-i-l-m-r-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: aflutter, faultier, filature, filtrate, fruitlet, mutilate, remittal, ultimate. | |
-3 letters: failure, fattier, flamier, flatter, flitter, flutier, flutter, maltier, marlite, martlet, muriate, refutal, tartufe, tearful, tertial, titular, tuftier, tutelar, uralite. | |
-4 letters: aimful, amulet, armful, armlet, artful, atrium, attire, earful, falter, famuli, fatter, ferial, ferula, fetial, filmer, filter, fitter, flamer, fluter, fulmar, fumier, futile, imaret, ireful. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-i-l-m-r-t-t-u" | |
+2 letters: ultraleftism. | |
+3 letters: ultraleftisms. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 65 66 74 41 74 72 69 75 6D |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01100101 01100110 01110100 00100000 01000001 01110100 01110010 01101001 01110101 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L e f t   A t r i u m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 0065 0066 0074 0041 0074 0072 0069 0075 006D |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)467172862358684758779 |
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