atrium

atrio

Grande sala centrale di un edificio, illuminata dall’alto, su cui si affacciano stanze di diversi piani.

In inglese semplice: A large central hall in a building, lit from above, with rooms opening onto it on different floors.

• We met in the hotel atrium.
• Sunlight poured through the atrium’s glass roof.
• Several floors of offices overlook the central atrium.

Espressioni comuni: hotel atrium, glass atrium, central atrium

atrio

Ciascuna delle due cavità superiori del cuore che ricevono il sangue dalle vene.

In inglese semplice: One of the two upper spaces in the heart that receive blood from the veins.

• Blood enters the right atrium.
• The doctor checked the size of her left atrium.
• Both atria pass blood into the lower heart chambers.

Espressioni comuni: left atrium, right atrium, atrium wall

atrio

Spazio centrale di un edificio, soprattutto di un’antica casa romana, aperto verso il cielo.

In inglese semplice: A central space inside a building, especially an ancient Roman house, with an opening to the sky.

• The house had an open atrium.
• Rainwater collected in the pool inside the Roman atrium.
• Visitors entered through an atrium with no roof in its centre.

Sinonimi: courtyard

Espressioni comuni: Roman atrium, open atrium, atrium courtyard

atrio, cavità

Spazio vuoto o passaggio d’ingresso all’interno di una parte del corpo.

In inglese semplice: A hollow space or entrance passage within a body part.

• The diagram shows a small atrium.
• The passage opens into an atrium within the lung.
• The researcher examined the tissue surrounding the atrium.

Sinonimi: cavity, chamber

Espressioni comuni: pulmonary atrium, atrium wall, atrium of something