Artery
['ɑːtərɪ] or ['ɑrtəri]
Definition
(noun.) a major thoroughfare that bears important traffic.
(noun.) a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body.
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Definition
(n.) The trachea or windpipe.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Hence: Any continuous or ramified channel of communication; as, arteries of trade or commerce.
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Definition
n. a tube or vessel which conveys blood from the heart (see Aorta)—also metaphorically: any main channel of communication.—adj. Artēr′ial—v.t. Artēr′ialise to make arterial.—ns. Artēriot′omy the cutting or opening of an artery to let blood; Arterī′tis inflammation of an artery.
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Examples
- Now compress the artery leading from the organ, and the part between the heart and the point of pressur e, and the heart itself, become distended and take on a deep purple color. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- My eyes were bloodshot, starting from my head; every artery beat, methought, audibly, every muscle throbbed, each single nerve felt. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- My home now was upon an avenue leading into the plaza from the south, the main artery down which we had marched from the gates of the city. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Roman colonies were planted in the valley of the Po, and the great northward artery, the Via Flaminia, was begun. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In the limbs as in the lungs the blood passes from artery to vein by anastomoses and porosities. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It was pierced by a very small but very deep wound, which had divided the carotid artery. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- That's the carotid artery. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Again, the veins and a rteries form a connected system; for through either a vein or an artery all the b lood may be drained off. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- She says there is a big artery there and that drawing the blade from there you cannot miss it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It is the very artery of intelligence, of the intentional rendering of one experience available for guidance of another. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- In man the vena cava carries the blood to the right side of the heart, the pulmonary artery inosculates with the pulmonary veins, which convey it to the left side of the heart. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It is shown by ligature that there is continuous motion of the blood from arteries to veins. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Instantly a score of cruel fangs and keen talons were sunk into my flesh; cold, sucking lips fastened themselves upon my arteries. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Ephraim McDowell, of Danville, Kentucky, in 1809, and the tying of the great arteries. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In the first place the supply of blood from the deep -lying arteries is cut off. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The great white apes get the flesh when the plant men have drained the arteries. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It was one of the main arteries which conveyed the traffic of the City to the north and west. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Of blood, her cool veins conducted no flow; placid lymph filled and almost obstructed her arteries. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- All these arteries have their source in the aorta; all these veins pour their stream ultimately into th e vena cava. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It still remains to be shown that in the limbs the blood passes from the arteries to the veins. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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