Definition of artery

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Artery (n.) Hence: Any continuous or ramified channel of communication; as, arteries of trade or commerce..

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Innominate :: Innominate (a.) A term used in designating many parts otherwise unnamed; as, the innominate artery, a great branch of the arch of the aorta; the innominate vein, a great branch of the superior vena cava..
Dicrotic :: Dicrotic (a.) Of or pertaining to the second expansion of the artery in the dicrotic pulse; as, the dicrotic wave..
Musculophrenic :: Musculophrenic (a.) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm; as, the musculophrenic artery..
Arteritis :: Arteritis (n.) Inflammation of an artery or arteries.
Radial :: Radial (a.) Of or pertaining to a radius or ray; consisting of, or like, radii or rays; radiated; as, (Bot.) radial projections; (Zool.) radial vessels or canals; (Anat.) the radial artery..
Orifice :: Orifice (n.) A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound..
Iliac :: Iliac (a.) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ilium, or dorsal bone of the pelvis; as, the iliac artery..
Axillary :: Axillary (a.) Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit; as, axillary gland, artery, nerve..
Heteromerous :: Heteromerous (a.) Having the femoral artery developed as the principal artery of the leg; -- said of certain birds, as the cotingas and pipras..
Tambour :: Tambour (n.) A shallow metallic cup or drum, with a thin elastic membrane supporting a writing lever. Two or more of these are connected by an India rubber tube, and used to transmit and register the movements of the pulse or of any pulsating artery..
Vertebrarterial :: Vertebrarterial (a.) Of or pertaining to a vertebrae and an artery; -- said of the foramina in the transverse processes of cervical vertebrae and of the canal which they form for the vertebral artery and vein.
Bartery :: Bartery (n.) Barter.
Aorta :: Aorta (n.) The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.
Sphygmograph :: Sphygmograph (n.) An instrument which, when applied over an artery, indicates graphically the movements or character of the pulse. See Sphygmogram..
Facial :: Facial (a.) Of or pertaining to the face; as, the facial artery, vein, or nerve..
Gastric :: Gastric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the stomach; as, the gastric artery..
Recurrent :: Recurrent (a.) Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent nerve or artery..
Blood Vessel :: Blood vessel () Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein..
Aneurism :: Aneurism (n.) A soft, pulsating, hollow tumor, containing blood, arising from the preternatural dilation or rupture of the coats of an artery..
Arterial :: Arterial (a.) Of or pertaining to an artery, or the arteries; as, arterial action; the arterial system..
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