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noun, plural -ter·ies.
1.
Anatomy. a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body.
2.
a main channel or highway, especially of a connected system with many branches.
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Word Origin & History
artery
late 14c., from O.Fr. artaire (13c.; ModFr. artère), from L. arteria, from Gk. arteria "windpipe," also "an artery," as distinct from a vein; related to aeirein "to raise" (see aorta). They were regarded by the ancients as air ducts because the arteries do not contain
EXPANDblood after death; medieval writers took them for the channels of the "vital spirits." The word is used of major rivers from 1805; of railways from 1850.
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Medical Dictionary
artery ar·ter·y (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.
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Science Dictionary
artery  (är'tə-rē) Pronunciation Key
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. arterial adjective (är-tîr'ē-əl) |
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Cultural Dictionary
arteries definition
Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart and to the body tissues. (Compare veins; see circulatory system.)
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