artery

[ ahr-tuh-ree ]

/ ˈɑr tə ri /

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noun, plural ar·ter·ies.

Anatomy. a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body.

a main channel or highway, especially of a connected system with many branches.

Words nearby artery

arteriovenous fistula, arteriovenous nicking, arteriovenous oxygen difference, arteriovenous shunt, arteritis, artery, artery of angular gyrus, artery of bulb of penis, artery of bulb of vestibule, artery of ductus deferens, artery of kidney

Origin of artery

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin artēria < Greek: windpipe, artery. See aorta

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Examples from the Web for artery

The horn, or broken rib, had hit an artery, and within a few minutes, or seconds, he was dead.
The Death of a Rodeo Cowboy|Peter Richmond|May 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Now surgeons will have an hour to fix the artery, return blood, and revive you.
New 'Suspended Animation' Procedure Saves Lives by Replacing Blood with a Cold Electrolyte Solution|Elizabeth Lopatto|April 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The equivalent of that nerve— the most direct route to its end organ—is to go south of the equivalent of the artery.
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So the most direct route from the brain to the larynx was now not south of that artery.
Rediscovering Richard Dawkins: An Interview|J.P. O’Malley|September 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST

At a certain point, this artery suddenly allows side-of-the-road parking.
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The median, which lies in front of, but a little to the outside of the artery, though in some rare cases it lies behind it; 2.
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery|Joseph Bell
Compression of the artery makes no difference in the size or tension of the swelling.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
A branch or branches or even one artery may become blocked as a result of obliterating endarteritis.
Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension:|Louis Marshall Warfield
The blood flowed steadily from the two openings, but not in jets, which would indicate the severing of an artery.
Watch and Wait|Oliver Optic
The fever abated towards morning: but the certainty of dying still throbbed in every artery of the hapless man.
Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3)|Thomas Carlyle

British Dictionary definitions for artery

artery

/ (ˈɑːtərɪ) /

noun plural -teries

any of the tubular thick-walled muscular vessels that convey oxygenated blood from the heart to various parts of the bodyCompare pulmonary artery, vein

a major road or means of communication in any complex system

Word Origin for artery

C14: from Latin artēria, related to Greek aortē the great artery, aorta

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Medical definitions for artery

artery

[ är′tə-rē ]

n.

Any of a branching system of muscular, elastic blood vessels that, except for the pulmonary and umbilical arteries, carry aerated blood away from the heart to the cells, tissues, and organs of the body.

Scientific definitions for artery

artery

[ är′tə-rē ]

Any of the blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the body's cells, tissues, and organs. Arteries are flexible, elastic tubes with muscular walls that expand and contract to pump blood through the body.

Other words from artery

arterial adjective (är-tîr′ē-əl)

artery

noun, plural ar·ter·ies.

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Origin of artery

Examples from the Web for artery

British Dictionary definitions for artery

noun plural -teries

Word Origin for artery

Medical definitions for artery

n.

Scientific definitions for artery

Other words from artery