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ductus arteriosis

[duhk-tuh s ahr-teer-ee-oh-sis]

noun Anatomy.

a fetal blood vessel that connects the left pulmonary artery directly to the descending aorta, normally closing after birth.

Origin of ductus arteriosis

1805–15; < New Latin: literally, arterial channel

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