| NOUN | body | ticker, heart, pump | the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs |
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| artifact | ticker, watch | a small portable timepiece | |
| artifact | ticker, stock ticker | a character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on ticker tape |
| Sounds | tih'ker | |
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| Rhymes | acre / Acre ... Zocor: 182 rhymes with ker... | |
| Meaning | The hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body. | |
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| Synonyms | heart, pump | |
| Part of | circulatory system, cardiovascular system | The organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body |
| Parts | cardiac muscle, heart muscle | The muscle tissue of the heart |
| coronary artery, arteria coronaria | The artery that branches from the aorta to supply blood to the heart | |
| heart valve, cardiac valve | A valve to control one-way flow of blood | |
| valve | A structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it | |
| Narrower | athlete's heart | enlarged heart commonly found among athletes trained for endurance |
| biauriculate heart | A heart (as of mammals and birds and reptiles) having two auricles | |
| Broader | internal organ, viscus | A main organ that is situated inside the body |
| Spanish | corazón | |
| Catalan | cor | |
| Meaning | A character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on ticker tape. | |
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| Synonym | stock ticker | |
| Broader | character printer, character-at-a-time printer, serial printer | A printer that prints a single character at a time |
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