artery

Meaning

  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.

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C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɑː.tə.ɹi/
Etymology

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

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