artery
ar·tery
noun
1.
2.
a major thoroughfare that bears important traffic
Origin
Late Middle English arterie, borrowing from Old French artaire and Latin artēria (“a windpipe; an artery”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (ărtērĭ́ā, “windpipe; artery”).
Phrases
- adrenal artery
- alveolar artery
- anterior cerebral artery
- anterior choroidal artery
- anterior ciliary artery
- anterior communicating artery
- anterior ethmoidal artery
- anterior inferior cerebellar artery
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