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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Synonym of artery.
2. 2
   a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

arteryarterial blood vesselartery

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin artēria (“a windpipe; an artery”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (ărtērĭ́ā). Doublet of artery.

Related phrases

arteria innominata

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