arteries

We have found lemma(root) word of arteries : artery.

Definitions


[ˈɑːt(ə)ri], (Noun)

Definitions:
- any of the muscular-walled tubes forming part of the circulation system by which blood (mainly that which has been oxygenated) is conveyed from the heart to all parts of the body

- an important route in a system of roads, rivers, or railway lines
(e.g: George Street, main artery of Edinburgh's Golden Mile)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin arteria, from Greek artēria, probably from airein ‘raise’




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