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Definition of: artery

(ärtər·ē) noun plural ·ter·ies
1. Anat. Any of a large number of muscular vessels conveying blood away from the heart to every part of the body.
2. Any principal channel in a communication or transportation network.
v.t. ·ter·ied, ·ter·y·ing
To supply with or as if with arteries; flow through, like an artery: Rivers artery the land.
[<L arteria artery, windpipe <Gk. artēria]

Most often used phrases:

coronary artery
carotid artery
artery disease
main artery
femoral artery
artery bypass
major artery
mesenteric artery
central artery
vertebral artery
radial artery
iliac artery
cerebral artery
renal artery
artery dissection

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"artery" has the frequency of use of 0.0006% on en.wikipedia.org.

Phrases starting with the letter: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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