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arteria

ar·te·ria

US/ɑɹˈtɪɹ.i.ə/ uncommon

noun

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a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body

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

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