artery

English

Alternative forms

(blood vessel): arteria, (obsolete) artere, arture, artiue

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

enPR: ärʹtəɹi
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.tə.ɹi/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹ.təɹ.i/
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Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)təɹi

Noun

artery (plural arteries)

(anatomy) 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.
- 2013 July–August, Stephen P. Lownie; David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist‎, volume 101, number 4, DOI:10.1511/2013.103.292, page 292:
  As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. The reason plaque forms isn’t entirely known, but it seems to be related to high levels of cholesterol inducing an inflammatory response, which can also attract and trap more cellular debris over time.
Hyponyms: alloartery, arteriole, endartery, microartery; see also Thesaurus:artery
(transport) A major transit corridor in a system of roads, rivers, or railway lines.
- 2020 May 6, Graeme Pickering, “Borders Railway: time for the next step”, in Rail‎, page 52:
  The 98-mile Edinburgh-Carlisle 'Waverley Route' provided over a century of service as an Anglo-Scottish artery, prior to its closure by British Rail, and its loss provoked anger in the Scottish Borders.

Derived terms

adrenal artery
alveolar artery
anterior cerebral artery
anterior communicating artery
anterior inferior cerebellar artery
anterior spinal artery
arterial
arteritis
arterylike
artery of Adamkiewicz
ascending cervical artery
ascending palatine artery
auricular artery
axillary artery
basilar artery
brachial artery
brachiocephalic artery
carotid artery
celiac artery
central retinal artery
cerebellar artery
cerebral artery
cervical artery
ciliary artery
common carotid artery
common iliac artery
communicating artery
coronary artery
coronary artery disease
deep temporal artery
end artery
external carotid artery
external iliac artery
external maxillary artery
facial artery
femoral artery
frontal artery
greater palatine artery
iliac artery
inferior alveolar artery
inferior dental artery
inferior laryngeal artery
inferior mesenteric artery
inferior thyroid artery
infraorbital artery
innominate artery
internal carotid artery
internal iliac artery
internal maxillary artery
labial artery
labyrinthine artery
lacrimal artery
laryngeal artery
lingual artery
long posterior ciliary artery
mandibular artery
maxillary artery
meningeal artery
mental artery
mesenteric artery
middle cerebral artery
middle meningeal artery
middle temporal artery
occipital artery
ophthalmic artery
palatine artery
phrenic artery
posterior auricular artery
posterior cerebral artery
posterior communicating artery
posterior inferior cerebellar artery
posterior spinal artery
posterior superior alveolar artery
radial artery
renal artery
short posterior ciliary artery
spinal artery
splenic artery
subclavian artery
superficial temporal artery
superior cerebellar artery
superior laryngeal artery
superior mesenteric artery
superior mesenteric artery syndrome
superior thyroid artery
supraorbital artery
suprascapular artery
supratrochlear artery
temporal artery
testicular artery
thyroid artery
transverse cervical artery
transverse facial artery
ulnar artery
vertebral artery
Vidian artery

Related terms

arterially
arterio-, arteri-
arteriole

Translations

blood vessel from the heart

Afrikaans: slagaar (af)
Albanian: arterie (sq) f
Arabic: شِرْيَان‎ m (širyān)
Armenian: զարկերակ (hy) (zarkerak)
Asturian: arteria (ast) f
Azerbaijani: arteriya (az)
Belarusian: артэ́рыя f (artéryja)
Bengali: ধমনী (dhômônī)
Bulgarian: арте́рия (bg) f (artérija)
Burmese: သွေးလွှတ်ကြော (my) (swe:hlwatkrau:)
Catalan: artèria (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 動脈／动脉 (zh) (dòngmài)
Czech: tepna (cs) f
Danish: pulsåre (da) c, arterie (da) c
Dutch: slagader (nl) m, arterie (nl) f
Egyptian:

(mt f)
Esperanto: arterio
Estonian: arter
Faroese: lívæðr f
Finnish: valtimo (fi)
French: artère (fr) f
Middle French: artere f
Old French: artere f
Galician: arteria (gl) f
Georgian: არტერია (arṭeria)
German: Arterie (de) f, Schlagader f
Greek: αρτηρία (el) f (artiría)
Ancient: ἀρτηρία f (artēría)
Gujarati: ધમની f (dhamnī), ધોરી નસ ? (dhorī nas)
Haitian Creole: atè
Hebrew: עוֹרֶק‎ (he) m
Hindi: धमनी (hi) f (dhamnī)
Hungarian: artéria (hu), ütőér (hu), verőér (hu)
Icelandic: slagæð (is) f
Ido: arterio (io)
Indonesian: pembuluh nadi (id), arteri (id)
Irish: artaire m
Italian: arteria (it) f
Japanese: 動脈 (ja) (どうみゃく, dōmyaku)
Kannada: ಅಪಧಮನಿ (kn) (apadhamani)
Kazakh: артерия (arteriä)
Khmer: សរសៃឈាមក្រហម (sɑɑ say cʰiem krɑhɑɑm), រោហិណី (km) (roohe’nii) (formal), សួស (suəh)
Korean: 동맥(動脈) (ko) (dongmaek)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: xwînber (ku) f
Kyrgyz: артерия (ky) (arteriya)
Lao: ເສັ້ນເລືອດແດງ (sen lư̄at dǣng)
Latin: artēria f
Latvian: artērija f
Lithuanian: arterija f
Macedonian: артерија f (arterija)
Malay: arteri (ms)
Malayalam: ധമനികൾ (dhamanikaḷ)
Maltese: arterja
Maori: ia tuku
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: тараагуур судас (taraaguur sudas), артерийн судас (arteriin sudas), тархаах судал (tarxaax sudal) (China)
Mongolian: ᠲᠠᠷᠠᠭᠠᠭᠤᠷ
ᠰᠤᠳᠠᠰᠤ (taraɣaɣur sudasu), ᠠᠷᠲᠧᠷᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ
ᠰᠤᠳᠠᠰᠤ (artēri-yin sudasu), ᠲᠠᠷᠬᠠᠭᠠᠬᠤ
ᠰᠤᠳᠠᠯ (tarqaɣaqu sudal)
Navajo: atsʼoos łichíʼígíí
Newar: धमनी (dhamanī)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: arterie (no) m, pulsåre m or f
Nynorsk: arterie m, pulsåre f
Old English: ǣdre f
Persian: شریان‎ (fa) (šaryân), سرخرگ‎ (fa) (sorxrag)
Plautdietsch: Oda f
Polish: tętnica (pl) f, arteria (pl) f
Portuguese: artéria (pt) f
Punjabi: ਧਮਣੀ ? (dhamṇī)
Romanian: arteră (ro) f
Russian: арте́рия (ru) f (artɛ́rija)
Scottish Gaelic: cuisle f, cuisle-fhala f, cuisle-mhòr f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: а̀рте̄рија f
Roman: àrtērija (sh) f
Sindhi: रग॒ ?, शरियान ?, धमनी ?
Slovak: tepna (sk) f
Slovene: arterija (sl) f
Spanish: arteria (es) f
Swedish: artär (sv) c, pulsåder (sv) c
Tagalog: luwasdaluyan, arterya
Tajik: сурхраг (tg) (surxrag)
Tamil: தமனி (ta) (tamaṉi)
Telugu: ధమని (te) (dhamani)
Thai: เส้นเลือดแดง (sên-lʉ̂ʉat-dɛɛng), หลอดเลือดแดง (lɔ̀ɔt-lʉ̂ʉat-dɛɛng)
Tok Pisin: mambu bilong blut
Turkish: arter (tr), atardamar (tr)
Turkmen: arteriýa (tk)
Ukrainian: арте́рія (uk) f (artérija)
Urdu: شریان‎ ?
Uzbek: arteriya (uz)
Vietnamese: động mạch (vi)
Volapük: ratär (vo)
Yiddish: אַרטעריע‎ f (arterye)