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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Latin
Origin: arteria, from Greek

artery

 noun
     
artery
Related topics: Human, Roads
ar‧te‧ry plural arteries [countable]
1HBH one of the tubes that carries blood from your heart to the rest of your body [↪ vein (1)]
2TTR a main road, railway line, river etc
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