Example Sentences

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New screenings may include lung cancer screening and abdominal aortal aneurysm screening.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2023

Ireland does have the aspect of a human heart — a real one: west coast aortal peninsulas and an inner hinterland where “hill heaped upon hill,” as Yeats wrote, rolls with a smooth, muscular gloss.

From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2022

Left-heart failure results in a rise in the pressure entering the left side of the heart and a drop in aortal pressure.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

Only aortal or arterial blood pressure can be measured noninvasively.

From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015

A fifth important circle of irritative motions is that of the sanguiferous system, in which the capillary vessels are to be included, which unite the arterial and venous systems, both pulmonary and aortal.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus