pylangium

noun

py·​lan·​gi·​um

pīˈlanjēəm

plural pylangia

-ēə

: the highly muscular portion of the arterial trunk in immediate connection with the ventricle of the heart in some lower vertebrates compare synangium

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from pyl- + -angium

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