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persistent truncus arteriosus

persistent truncus arteriosus definition - medical

persistent trun·cus ar·te·ri·o·sus (trŭngˈkəs är-tîrˌē-ōˈsəs)

noun
A congenital cardiovascular deformity resulting from the failure of the septum between the aorta and pulmonary trunk to develop and characterized by a common arterial trunk opening out of both ventricles with the pulmonary arteries branching from the ascending common trunk.

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