ascend : Idioms & Phrases
ascending aorta
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noun the ascending part of the aorta as it emerges from the left ventricle
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ascending artery
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noun the branch of the ileocolic artery that supplies the ascending colon
arteria ascendens.
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ascending colon
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noun the part of the large intestine that ascends from the cecum to the transverse colon
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ascending node
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noun the point at which an orbit crosses the ecliptic plane going north
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Reduction ascending
(Arith.) , the operation of changing numbers of a lower into others of a higher denomination, as cents to dollars.