atrium

Definitions


[ˈeɪtrɪəm], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a central hall in a modern building, typically rising through several stories and having a glazed roof
(e.g: plans call for a new atrium to be built behind the facade)

- each of the two upper cavities of the heart from which blood is passed to the ventricles. The right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from the veins of the body, the left atrium oxygenated blood from the pulmonary vein


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Origin:
late 16th century: from Latin




definition by Oxford Dictionaries