para-aorticadj.
/ˌparə(r)eɪˈɔːtɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌpɛrəˌeɪˈɔrdɪk/ Anatomy.
Located beside the aorta; spec. designating any of the small, encapsulated collections of chromaffin cells located beside the abdominal aorta, esp. in para-aortic body.
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1927 Jrnl. Anat. 61 317 The pre- and para-aortic tissue of a 16-week embryo from the region of the supra~renal glands is seen on section to contain the semilunar ganglia, collections of haemo-lymphoid tissue, and other encapsuled masses (the Zuckerkandl anlage).
1952 Jrnl. Anat. 86 358 Because of the lack of uniformity in the interpretation of the ‘paraganglia’, it has been replaced in the present investigation by the topographical term ‘para-aortic bodies’. A para-aortic body is defined as an encapsulated collection of chromaffin cells lying in intimate contact with the sympathetic nervous system and yielding a pressor substance after extraction.
1961 Acta Radiologica 55 134 (title) Contrast medium accumulation in para-aortic lymph nodes during lumbar aortography.
1973 Gray's Anat. (ed. 35) 144/1 Chromaffin organs are found in connection with certain..of the secondary plexuses of the sympathetic system; the largest members of this series are the para-aortic bodies,..commonly termed paraganglia.
1989 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 22 May 1369/2 A bipedal lymphangiographic study..showed normal lymphatic channels in the pelvic and paraaortic regions.
2004 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 187 736 Between 1995 and 1999, 101 patients underwent pancreatectomy with regional and paraaortic lymphadenectomy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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