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ar⋅ter⋅y
[ahr-tuh-ree] 
tə
–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, esp. of a connected system with many branches. |
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| ar·ter·y (är'tə-rē) n. pl. ar·ter·ies
[Middle English arterie, from Latin artēria, from Greek artēriā, windpipe, artery; see wer-1 in Indo-European roots.] Word History: The changed meaning of the word artery provides a glimpse into the history of medical science. The word is derived from the ancient Greek artēriā, a word originally applied to any of the vessels that emanated from the chest cavity, including arteries, veins, and the bronchial tubes. The difference in the functions of these vessels was not yet known; because they were all empty in cadavers, early anatomists supposed they all carried air. As medical knowledge advanced, however, students of anatomy realized that arteries carry blood and only the windpipe and bronchial tubes carry air. To specify the windpipe, they coined the phrase artēriā trakheia, "rough artery," referring to its rough cartilaginous structure. The adjective trakheia, "rough," entered modern English as trachea, the current medical term for the windpipe. |
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Artery
Ar"ter*y\, n.; pl. Arteries. [L. arteria windpipe, artery, Gr. ?.]1. The trachea or windpipe. [Obs.] "Under the artery, or windpipe, is the mouth of the stomach." --Holland. 2. (Anat.) One of the vessels or tubes which carry either venous or arterial blood from the heart. They have tricker and more muscular walls than veins, and are connected with them by capillaries. Note: In man and other mammals, the arteries which contain arterialized blood receive it from the left ventricle of the heart through the aorta. See Aorta. The pulmonary artery conveys the venous blood from the right ventricle to the lungs, whence the arterialized blood is returned through the pulmonary veins. 3. Hence: Any continuous or ramified channel of communication; as, arteries of trade or commerce.
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Language Translation for : artery
Spanish:
arteria,
German:
die Arterie,
Japanese:
動脈
artery
1398, from O.Fr. artaire, 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 blood 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. Arteriosclerosis, from comb. form + Gk. sklerosis "hardening" is a Mod.L. formation first attested 1886.
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Main Entry: ar·tery
Pronunciation: 'ärt-&-rE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ter·ies
: any of the tubularbranching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body
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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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| 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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