atriumnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈeɪ.tri.əm/us/ˈeɪ.tri.əm/plural atria or atriumsatrium noun [ C ] (ROOM)
a very large room, often with glass walls or roof, especially in the middle of a large shop or office building
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Parts of buildings: rooms
- antechamber
- anteroom
- atelier
- attic
- ballroom
- conservatory
- double room
- en suite
- eyrie
- family room
- form room
- front room
- gymnasium
- parlour
- reading room
- reception room
- refectory
- room
- snug
- vault
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atrium noun [ C ] (HEART)
specialized anatomy also auricle one of the two spaces at the top part of the heart that receive blood from the veins and push it down into the ventricles (= lower spaces)
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The circulatory system & blood
- Abo
- accessory pathway
- atrioventricular
- auricular
- blood donor
- blood sugar
- capillary
- erectile
- intravenous
- LV
- mediastinal
- microvascular
- myocardial
- myocarditis
- oxyhaemoglobin
- palpitate
- pressure point
- pulse
- Rh factor
- semilunar valve
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