Phrase guide

pulmonary artery

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The artery that connects the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: great artery

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

one of two arteries (branches of the pulmonary trunk) that carry venous blood from the heart to the lungs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: arteria pulmonalis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: artery, arteria, arterial blood vessel

Narrower terms: pulmonary trunk, truncus pulmonalis

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: artèria pulmonar — artery that connects the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肺動脈 /肺动脉 (fèidòngmài) — artery that connects the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs
  • Dutch: longslagader — artery that connects the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs
  • Hungarian: tüdőverőér — artery that connects the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs
  • Icelandic: lungnaslagæð — artery that connects the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs
  • Indonesian: arteri pulmonalis — artery that connects the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs
  • Indonesian: arteri pulmoner — artery that connects the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs
  • Irish: artaire scamhógach — artery that connects the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs
  • Malay: arteri pulmonari — artery that connects the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs
  • Polish: tętnica płucna — artery that connects the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs
  • Swedish: lungartär — artery that connects the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs
  • Vietnamese: động mạch phổi — artery that connects the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs
  • Welsh: rhedweli ysgyfeiniol — artery that connects the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs