artery

Senso (Inglese)

1. Any of the muscular- and elastic-walled blood vessels forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed away from the heart regardless of its oxygenation status; see pulmonary artery.
2. A major transit corridor in a system of roads, rivers, or railway lines.

Concetti

arteria

vena

vaso sanguigno

arterie

vene

sinonimi

vein

blood vessel

arteria

tendon

nerve

blood-vein

main road

sinew

blood-vessel

main line

arterial blood vessel

thoroughfare

muscle

💪

major route

capillary

trunk road

vascular

venule

vessel

A

🅰️

primary road

fibre

through-passage

arteria poplitea

popliteal artery

a

🅰️

backbone road

arterial highway

blood vessels

channel

duct

fishing line

gland

highway

ligament

main

pulse

route

stem

trunk

trunk line

Traduzioni

artère

arteria

Arterie

artéria

artèria

αρτηρία

slagader

Schlagader

arterie

arteria

Pulsader

شريان

Ader

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈɑː.tə.ɹi/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: arterie

In summary

Late Middle English arterie, borrowing from Old French artaire and Latin artēria (“a windpipe; an artery”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (ărtērĭ́ā, “windpipe; artery”).