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Word: atrium (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


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Noun:

  • anatomy A microscopic air sac within a pulmonary alveolus.
  • anatomy An upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the veins and forces it into a ventricle. In higher vertebrates, the right atrium receives blood from the superior vena cava and inferior vena cava, and the left atrium receives blood from the left and right pulmonary veins.
  • anatomy Any enclosed body cavity or chamber
  • architecture A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.
  • architecture A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.
  • palynology A cavity inside a porate aperture of a pollen grain formed by the separation of the sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain.

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