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- Atrium - n. - A square hall lighted from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.
- Atrium - n. - An open court with a porch or gallery around three or more sides; especially at the entrance of a basilica or other church. The name was extended in the Middle Ages to the open churchyard or cemetery.
- Atrium - n. - The main part of either auricle of the heart as distinct from the auricular appendix. Also, the whole articular portion of the heart.
- Atrium - n. - A cavity in ascidians into which the intestine and generative ducts open, and which also receives the water from the gills. See Ascidioidea.
- Epicoele - n. - A cavity formed by the invagination of the outer wall of the body, as the atrium of an amphioxus and possibly the body cavity of vertebrates.
- Narthex - n. - The portico in front of ancient churches; sometimes, the atrium or outer court surrounded by ambulatories; -- used, generally, for any vestibule, lobby, or outer porch, leading to the nave of a church.