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Synonyms for artery

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ahr-tuh-ree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɑr tə ri

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Définition of artery

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Anglo-French arterie, Old French artaire (13c.; Modern French artère), and directly from Latin arteria, from Greek arteria "windpipe," also "an artery," as distinct from a vein; related to aeirein "to raise" (see aorta).
  • They were regarded by the ancients as air ducts because the arteries do not contain blood after death; medieval writers took them for the channels of the "vital spirits," and 16c. senses of artery in English include "trachea, windpipe." The word is used in reference to artery-like systems of major rivers from 1805; of railways from 1850.
  • noun channel
Example sentences :
  • Lieutenant Ford was wounded and a branch of an artery was cut.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • It went, the doctor said, within a hair's-breadth of the artery.
  • Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
  • Every nerve and siny of a nerve was there,—not a vein nor an artery wanting.
  • Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever
  • I think the artery was cut while the heart was still beating.
  • Extract from : « The Mysterious Murder of Pearl Bryan » by Unknown
  • If the blood is bright and comes out in spurts, it's an artery.
  • Extract from : « The Big Brother » by George Cary Eggleston
  • If it's an artery and isn't cut quite in two, tear it in two.
  • Extract from : « The Big Brother » by George Cary Eggleston
  • He was right in his conjectures—an artery had been divided, and he had bled to death.
  • Extract from : « Japhet in Search of a Father » by Frederick Marryat
  • I compressed the artery, while I gave directions to the others.
  • Extract from : « Japhet in Search of a Father » by Frederick Marryat
  • These must be divided carefully, remembering the position of the artery.
  • Extract from : « A Manual of the Operations of Surgery » by Joseph Bell
  • The ulnar, both of which ought to be rather to the inside of the artery.
  • Extract from : « A Manual of the Operations of Surgery » by Joseph Bell
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