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• artery — [ärt′ər ē] n. pl. arteries [ME arterie < L arteria, windpipe, artery < Gr artēria, prob. < aeirein, to lift, take up] 1. any one of the system of thick walled blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart: cf. VEIN, CAPILLARY 2. a… …   English World dictionary

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• artery — /ahr teuh ree/, n., pl. arteries. 1. Anat. 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. [1350 1400; ME < L arteria < Gk: windpipe, artery.… …   Universalium

• Artery, carotid — A key artery located in the front of the neck though which blood from the heart goes to the brain. There are 2 carotid arteries the right and left common carotid arteries on each side of the neck. Together, the right and left common carotid… …   Medical dictionary

• artery — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ main, major ▪ blocked, clogged ▪ narrowed ▪ severed VERB + ARTERY …   Collocations dictionary

• artery — [14] Artery is a direct borrowing from Latin artēria, which in turn came from Greek artēria. This appears to have been based on the root *ar ‘lift’. A parallel formation is thus aorta ‘main coronary artery’ [16], which comes from Greek aortē, a… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• artery — [14] Artery is a direct borrowing from Latin artēria, which in turn came from Greek artēria. This appears to have been based on the root *ar ‘lift’. A parallel formation is thus aorta ‘main coronary artery’ [16], which comes from Greek aortē, a… …   Word origins

• Artery — A vessel that carries blood that is high in oxygen content away from the heart to the farthest reaches of the body. Since blood in arteries is usually full of oxygen, the hemoglobin in the red blood cells is oxygenated. The resultant form of… …   Medical dictionary

• artery — Synonyms and related words: Autobahn, US highway, access, aisle, alley, alleyway, ambulatory, aorta, aperture, arcade, arterial, arterial highway, arterial street, arteriole, autoroute, autostrada, avenue, belt highway, blind alley, blood vessel …   Moby Thesaurus

• artery of Adamkiewicz — an unusually large anterior segmental medullary artery arising from an intersegmental branch of the aorta, varying from the lower thoracic to the upper lumbar level, and traveling posteriorly to supply the spinal cord by anastomosing with the… …   Medical dictionary

• artery — [[t]ɑ͟ː(r)təri[/t]] arteries 1) N COUNT Arteries are the tubes in your body that carry blood from your heart to the rest of your body. ...patients suffering from blocked arteries. 2) N COUNT You can refer to an important main route within a… …   English dictionary