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artery

noun ar·tery \ˈärt-ə-rē\
plural ar·ter·ies

Medical Definition of ARTERY

:  any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body

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220 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. artery (noun)
  2. alveolar artery (noun)
  3. angular artery (noun)
  4. anterior cerebral artery (noun)
  5. anterior choroid artery (noun)
  6. anterior communicating artery (noun)
  7. anterior humeral circumflex artery (noun)
  8. anterior inferior cerebellar artery (noun)
  9. anterior intercostal artery (noun)
  10. anterior spinal artery (noun)
  11. anterior temporal artery (noun)
  12. anterior tibial artery (noun)
  13. anterior ulnar recurrent artery (noun)
  14. arcuate artery (noun)
  15. ascending palatine artery (noun)
  16. auricular artery
  17. axillary artery (noun)
  18. basilar artery (noun)
  19. brachial artery (noun)
  20. brachiocephalic artery (noun)
  21. bronchial artery (noun)
  22. carotid artery (noun)
  23. caudal artery (noun)
  24. celiac artery (noun)
  25. central artery (noun)
  26. central artery of the retina (noun)
  27. central retinal artery (noun)
  28. cerebellar artery (noun)
  29. cerebral artery (noun)
  30. choroid artery (noun)
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