ARTERY
artery
(noun) a major thoroughfare that bears important traffic
artery, arteria, arterial blood vessel
(noun) a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
artery (plural arteries)
An efferent blood vessel from the heart, conveying blood away from the heart regardless of oxygenation status; see pulmonary artery.
Hyponym: Thesaurus:artery
A major transit corridor.
Anagrams
• rarety
Source: Wiktionary
Ar"ter*y, n.; pl. Artplwies. Etym: [L. arteria windpipe, artery, Gr.
1. The trachea or windpipe. [Obs.] "Under the artery, or windpipe, is
the mouth of the stomach." Holland.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: One of the vessels or tubes which carry either venous or
arterial blood from the heart. They have tricker and more muscular
walls than veins, and are connected with them by capillaries.
Note: In man and other mammals, the arteries which contain
arterialized blood receive it from the left ventricle of the heart
through the aorta. See Aorta. The pulmonary artery conveys the venous
blood from the right ventricle to the lungs, whence the arterialized
blood is returned through the pulmonary veins.
3. Hence: Any continuous or ramified channel of communication; as,
arteries of trade or commerce.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition