any of the tubular thick-walled muscular vessels that convey oxygenated blood from the heart to various parts of the body
Compare pulmonary artery, veina major road or means of communication in any complex system
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ar•ter•y /ˈɑrtəri/USA pronunciation
n. [countable], pl. -ies.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Anatomya blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to any part of the body.
- a main route or highway.
ar•ter•y
(är′tə rē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ter•ies.
- Anatomya blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body.
- a main channel or highway, esp. of a connected system with many branches.
- Greek: windpipe, artery. See aorta
- Latin artēria
- Middle English 1350–1400
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'artery' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
angina pectoris
- angioplasty
- aorta
- arterial
- arterio-
- arteriography
- arteriole
- arteriotomy
- arteriovenous
- arteritis
- atherectomy
- atheroma
- basilar
- blood vessel
- brachiocephalic artery
- carotid
- carotid sinus
- cerebral haemorrhage
- collateral circulation
- common carotid artery
- common iliac artery
- conus arteriosus
- coronary
- coronary artery
- coronary bypass
- coronary occlusion
- coronary thrombosis
- coronary vein
- ductus arteriosis
- endarterectomy
- endarterium
- expand
- external iliac artery
- femoral artery
- heart
- heart attack
- hypogastric artery
- iliac artery
- infundibulum
- innominate artery
- internal
- internal auditory meatus
- internal iliac artery
- intima
- ligate
- ligation
- ligature
- lumbar
- mammary artery
- media