Atrium

Meaning

Noun

●

In Architecture:

A

or

in

Roman

,

to the

in the

; a

in other buildings.

●

In Architecture:

A

by

from above, into which

or more levels.

●

In Anatomy:

A

,

, or passage.

●

In Biology:

Any

or chamber.

●

In Anatomy:

An

of the

that

blood from the

and

it into a

. In higher

, the

blood from the

superior vena cava

and

inferior vena cava

, and the

blood from the

.

●

In Anatomy:

A

within a

alveolus.

●

In Palynology:

A

inside a

of a

by the

of the

and

,

toward the

of the

.

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Origin

atrium

English

ātrium

Latin

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