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 Definitions of Artery  [ˈɑr tə ri]  

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Definition of 'Artery' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) artery
a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body.

2.  artery
a main channel or highway, esp. of a connected system with many branches.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME < L artēria < Gk

Definition of 'Artery' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) artery, arteria, arterial blood vessel
a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body

2. (noun) artery
a major thoroughfare that bears important traffic


Definition of 'Artery' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) artery
a tube carrying blood from the heart around the body
veins and arteries


Definition of 'Artery' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Artery
the trachea or windpipe

2. (noun) Artery
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

3. (noun) Artery
hence: Any continuous or ramified channel of communication; as, arteries of trade or commerce


Translation of 'Artery' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a blood-vessel that carries the blood from the heart through the body.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: bloedvat Arabic flag Arabic: شِرْيان Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: артерия
Brazilian flag Brazilian: artéria Czech flag Czech: tepna German flag German: die Arterie
Danish flag Danish: pulsåre; arterie Greek flag Greek: αρτηρία Spanish flag Spanish: arteria
Estonian flag Estonian: tuiksoon Farsi flag Farsi: شاهرگ Finnish flag Finnish: valtimo
French flag French: artère Hebrew flag Hebrew: עוֹרֵק דַם Hindi flag Hindi: धमनी
Croatian flag Croatian: arterija Hungarian flag Hungarian: ütőér Indonesian flag Indonesian: nadi
Icelandic flag Icelandic: slagæð Italian flag Italian: arteria Japanese flag Japanese: 動脈
Korean flag Korean: 동맥 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: arterija Latvian flag Latvian: artērija
Malay flag Malay: arteri Dutch flag Dutch: slagader Norwegian flag Norwegian: pulsåre, arterie
Polish flag Polish: tętnica Persian flag Persian: شاهرگ Pashto flag Pashto: رګ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: artéria Romanian flag Romanian: arteră Russian flag Russian: артерия
Slovak flag Slovak: tepna Slovenian flag Slovenian: arterija Serbian flag Serbian: arterija
Swedish flag Swedish: pulsåder, artär Thai flag Thai: เส้นเลือดแดงที่นำเลือดแดง Turkish flag Turkish: atar damar
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 動脈 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: артерія Urdu flag Urdu: شریان
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: động mạch Chinese flag Chinese: 动脉

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