persistent truncus arteriosus


per·sis·tent trun·cus ar·te·ri·o·'sus

a congenital cardiovascular anomaly resulting from failure of development of the spiral aorticopulmonary septum and consisting of a common arterial trunk opening out of both ventricles, the pulmonary arteries being given off from the ascending common trunk.

per·sis·tent trun·cus ar·te·ri·o·sus

(pĕr-sis'tĕnt trungk'ŭs ahr-tē'rē-ōsŭs) A congenital cardiovascular anomaly resulting from failure of development of the spiral septum and consisting of a common arterial trunk opening out of both ventricles, the pulmonary arteries being given off from the ascending common trunk.