artery

Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.tə.ɹi/

The English word “artery” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

Any of the muscular- and elastic-walled blood vessels forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed away from the heart regardless of its oxygenation status; see pulmonary artery.
A major transit corridor in a system of roads, rivers, or railway lines.

Etymology

Late Middle English arterie, borrowing from Old French artaire and Latin artēria (“a windpipe; an artery”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (ărtērĭ́ā, “windpipe; artery”).

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