artery
noun
1 artery
A blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body.
synonyms: arteria, arterial blood vessel.
Roget 350: conduit, channel, duct, watercourse, race; head race, tail race; abito†, aboideau†, aboiteau [Fr.], bito†; acequia†, acequiador†, acequiamadre†; arroyo; adit†, aqueduct, canal, trough, gutter, pantile; flume, ingate†, runner; lock-weir, tedge†; vena†; dike, main, gully, moat, ditch, drain, sewer, culvert, cloaca, sough, kennel, siphon; piscina†; pipe etc. (tube) 260; funnel; tunnel etc. (passage) 627; water pipe, waste pipe; emunctory†, gully hole, artery, aorta, pore, spout, scupper; adjutage†, ajutage†; hose; gargoyle; gurgoyle†; penstock, weir; flood gate, water gate; sluice, lock, valve; rose; waterworks. pipeline. ... show more
Roget 627: method, way, manner, wise, gait, form, mode, fashion, tone, guise; modus operandi, MO; procedure etc. (line of conduct) 692. path, road, route, course; line of way, line of road; trajectory, orbit, track, beat, tack. steps; stair, staircase; flight of stairs, ladder, stile; perron†. bridge, footbridge, viaduct, pontoon, steppingstone, plank, gangway; drawbridge; pass, ford, ferry, tunnel; pipe etc. 260. door; gateway etc. (opening) 260; channel, passage, avenue, means of access, approach, adit†; artery, lane, loan [Scot.], alley, aisle, lobby, corridor; back-door, back-stairs; secret passage; covert way; vennel†. roadway, pathway, stairway; express; thoroughfare; highway; turnpike, freeway, royal road, coach road; broad highway, King's highway, Queen's highway; beaten track, beaten path; horse road, bridle road, bridle track, bridle path; walk, trottoir†, footpath, pavement, flags, sidewalk; crossroad, byroad, bypath, byway; cut; short cut etc. (mid-course) 628; carrefour†; private road, occupation road; highways and byways; railroad, railway, tram road, tramway; towpath; causeway; canal etc. (conduit) 350; street etc. (abode) 189; speedway. adv.. how; in what way, in what manner; by what mode; so, in this way, after this fashion. one way or another, anyhow; somehow or other etc. (instrumentality) 631; by way of; via; in transitu [Lat.] etc. 270; on the high road to. ... show more
is a specific kind of: blood vessel.
is a broader term that covers: alveolar artery, arteria alveolaris | angular artery, arteria angularis | aorta | appendicular artery, arteria appendicularis | arcuate artery, arteria arcuata | arcuate artery of the kidney | arteriola, arteriole, capillary artery | arteria bulbi penis, artery of the penis bulb | arteria bulbi vestibuli, artery of the vestibule bulb | arteria ascendens, ascending artery | arteria auricularis, auricular artery | arteria axillaris, axillary artery | arteria basilaris, basilar artery | arteria brachialis, brachial artery | arteria radialis, radial artery | bronchial artery | arteria buccalis, buccal artery | arteria carotis, carotid artery | arteria celiaca, celiac artery, celiac trunk, truncus celiacus | arteria centralis retinae, central artery of the retina | arteria cerebelli, cerebellar artery | arteria cerebri, cerebral artery | areteria cervicalis, cervical artery | arteria choroidea, choroidal artery | arteria ciliaris, ciliary artery | circle of Willis | circumflex artery | arteria colica, colic artery | arteria communicans, communicating artery | arteria coronaria, coronary artery | arteria cystica, cystic artery | arteria digitalis, digital arteries | arteria epigastrica, epigastric artery | arteria ethmoidalis, ethmoidal artery | arteria femoralis, femoral artery | arteria poplitea, popliteal artery | arteria gastrica, gastric artery | arteria glutes, gluteal artery | arteria hepatica, hepatic artery | arteria ileum, ileal artery, intestinal artery | arteria ileocolica, ileocolic artery | arteria iliaca, iliac artery | arteria iliolumbalis, iliolumbar artery | arteria infraorbitalis, infraorbital artery | innominate artery | arteria intercostalis, intercostal artery | intestinal artery, jejunal artery | arteria labialis, labial artery | artery of the labyrinth, internal auditory artery, labyrinthine artery | arteria lacrimalis, lacrimal artery | arteria laryngea, laryngeal artery | arteria lienalis, lienal artery, splenic artery | arteria lingualis, lingual artery | arteria lumbalis, lumbar artery | arteria maxillaris, maxillary artery | arteria meningea, meningeal artery | arteria mesenterica, mesenteric artery | arteria metacarpea, metacarpal artery | arteria metatarsea, metatarsal artery | arteria musculophrenica, musculophrenic artery | arteria nutricia, nutrient artery | arteria ophthalmica, ophthalmic artery | arteria ovarica, ovarian artery | arteria palatina, palatine artery | arteria pancreatica, pancreatic artery | arteria perinealis, perineal artery | arteria pudenda, pudendal artery | arteria pulmonalis, pulmonary artery | arteria rectalis, rectal artery | arteria renalis, renal artery | arteria subclavia, subclavian artery | arteria testicularis, internal spermatic artery, testicular artery | arteria ulnaris, ulnar artery | arteria uterina, uterine artery | arteria vaginalis, vaginal artery | arteria vertebralis, vertebral artery ... show more.
derivation: arterial.
Dutch: arterie, slagader
Polish: naczynie tętnicze, arteria, tętnica
2 artery
A major thoroughfare that bears important traffic.
is a specific kind of: thoroughfare.
Dutch: ader, verkeersader
Polish: arteria
Moby thesaurus: Autobahn, US highway, access, aisle, alley, alleyway, ambulatory, aorta, aperture, arcade, arterial, arterial highway, arterial street, arteriole, autoroute, autostrada, avenue, belt highway, blind alley, blood vessel, boulevard, bypass, byway, camino real, capillary, carotid, carriageway, causeway, causey, channel, chaussee, circumferential, cloister, close, colonnade, communication, conduit, connection, corduroy road, corridor, county road, court, covered way, crescent, cul-de-sac, dead-end street, defile, dike, dirt road, drag, drive, driveway, exit, expressway, ferry, ford, freeway, gallery, gravel road, highroad, highway, highways and byways, inlet, interchange, intersection, interstate highway, jugular vein, junction, lane, local road, main drag, main road, mews, motorway, opening, outlet, overpass, parkway, pass, passage, passageway, path, pave, paved road, pike, place, plank road, portal vein, portico, primary highway, private road, pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein, railroad tunnel, right-of-way, ring road, road, roadbed, roadway, route nationale, row, royal road, secondary road, speedway, state highway, street, superhighway, terrace, thoroughfare, through street, thruway, toll road, township road, track, traject, trajet, tunnel, turnpike, underpass, vein, veinlet, vena cava, venation, venule, wynd ... show more.
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