artery
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
artery/ˈɑːtəri/
▶noun (pl. arteries)
- 1 any of the muscular-walled tubes forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed from the heart to all parts of the body.
- 2 an important route in a traffic or transport system.
– origin ME: from L. arteria, from Gk artēria, prob. from airein ‘raise’.
'artery' also found in these Oxford entries:
aneurysm
- angioplasty
- aorta
- arterial
- arteriography
- arteriole
- arteriovenous
- arteritis
- blood vessel
- coronary thrombosis
- embolism
- endarterectomy
- endarteritis
- innominate artery
- intima
- ligate
- ligation
- ligature
- pressure point
- pulmonary artery
- pulsatile
- semilunar valve
- subclavian
- torsion
- tourniquet
- trachea
- trunk
