descend : Idioms & Phrases

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descending aorta

  • noun the descending part of the aorta that branches into the thoracic and abdominal aortae
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descending colon

  • noun the part of the large intestine that descends from the transverse colon to the sigmoid colon
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descending node

  • noun the point at which an orbit crosses the ecliptic plane going south
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Reduction descending

  • (Arith.), the operation of changing numbers of a higher into others of a lower denomination, as dollars to cents.
Webster 1913