Found 2 items, similar to Atria.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: atria
atria
See
atrium
atrium
n 1: any chamber that is connected to other chambers or
passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of
the heart)
2: the central area in a building; open to the sky
[also:
atria (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Atria
Atrium
\A"tri*um\, n.; pl.
Atria. [L., the fore court of a
Roman house.]
1. (Arch.)
(a) A square hall lighted from above, into which rooms
open at one or more levels.
(b) An open court with a porch or gallery around three or
more sides; especially at the entrance of a basilica
or other church. The name was extended in the Middle
Ages to the open churchyard or cemetery.
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2. (Anat.) The main part of either auricle of the heart as
distinct from the auricular appendix. Also, the whole
articular portion of the heart.
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3. (Zo["o]l.) A cavity in ascidians into which the intestine
and generative ducts open, and which also receives the
water from the gills. See
Ascidioidea.
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4. (Anat.) A cavity, entrance, or passage; as, the atrium, or
atrial cavity, in the body wall of the amphioxus; an
atrium of the infundibula of the lungs, etc.
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