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noun
Any of the muscular- and elastic-walled blood vessels forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed away from the heart regardless of its oxygenation status; see pulmonary artery.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A major transit corridor in a system of roads, rivers, or railway lines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: transport
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noun
a major thoroughfare that bears important traffic
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: thoroughfare
noun
a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: arteria, arterial blood vessel
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: blood vessel
Narrower terms: alveolar artery, arteria alveolaris, angular artery, arteria angularis, aorta, appendicular artery, arteria appendicularis, arcuate artery, arteria arcuata, arcuate artery of the kidney, arteriole, arteriola, capillary artery, artery of the penis bulb, arteria bulbi penis, artery of the vestibule bulb, arteria bulbi vestibuli, ascending artery, arteria ascendens, auricular artery, arteria auricularis, axillary artery, arteria axillaris, basilar artery, arteria basilaris, brachial artery, arteria brachialis, radial artery, arteria radialis, bronchial artery, buccal artery, arteria buccalis, carotid artery, arteria carotis, celiac trunk, celiac artery, truncus celiacus, arteria celiaca, central artery of the retina, arteria centralis retinae, cerebellar artery, arteria cerebelli, cerebral artery, arteria cerebri, cervical artery, areteria cervicalis, choroidal artery, arteria choroidea, ciliary artery, arteria ciliaris, circle of Willis, circumflex artery, colic artery, arteria colica, communicating artery, arteria communicans, coronary artery, arteria coronaria, cystic artery, arteria cystica, digital arteries, arteria digitalis, epigastric artery, arteria epigastrica, ethmoidal artery, arteria ethmoidalis, femoral artery, arteria femoralis, popliteal artery, arteria poplitea, gastric artery, arteria gastrica, gluteal artery, arteria glutes, hepatic artery, arteria hepatica, ileal artery, intestinal artery, arteria ileum, ileocolic artery, arteria ileocolica, iliac artery, arteria iliaca, iliolumbar artery, arteria iliolumbalis, infraorbital artery, arteria infraorbitalis, innominate artery, intercostal artery, arteria intercostalis, jejunal artery, labial artery, arteria labialis, labyrinthine artery, artery of the labyrinth, internal auditory artery, lacrimal artery, arteria lacrimalis, laryngeal artery, arteria laryngea, lienal artery, splenic artery, arteria lienalis, lingual artery, arteria lingualis, lumbar artery, arteria lumbalis, maxillary artery, arteria maxillaris, meningeal artery, arteria meningea, mesenteric artery, arteria mesenterica, metacarpal artery, arteria metacarpea, metatarsal artery, arteria metatarsea, musculophrenic artery, arteria musculophrenica, nutrient artery, arteria nutricia, ophthalmic artery, arteria ophthalmica, ovarian artery, arteria ovarica, palatine artery, arteria palatina, pancreatic artery, arteria pancreatica, perineal artery, arteria perinealis, pudendal artery, arteria pudenda, pulmonary artery, arteria pulmonalis, rectal artery, arteria rectalis, renal artery, arteria renalis, subclavian artery, arteria subclavia, testicular artery, internal spermatic artery, arteria testicularis, ulnar artery, arteria ulnaris, uterine artery, arteria uterina, vaginal artery, arteria vaginalis, vertebral artery, arteria vertebralis
History
Late Middle English arterie, borrowing from Old French artaire and Latin artēria (“a windpipe; an artery”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (ărtērĭ́ā, “windpipe; artery”).
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