# artery
## English
### Alternative forms

* (blood vessel): arteria, (obsolete) artere, arture, artiue

### Etymology

Late Middle English arterie, borrowing from Old French artaire and Latin artēria (“a windpipe; an artery”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (ărtērĭ́ā, “windpipe; artery”).

### Pronunciation

* enPR: ärʹtəɹi
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɑː.tə.ɹi/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈɑɹ.təɹ.i/
** Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)təɹi

### Noun

artery (plural arteries)
* (anatomy) Any of the muscular- and elastic-walled blood vessels forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed away from the heart regardless of its oxygenation status; see pulmonary artery.
    Hyponyms: alloartery, arteriole, endartery, microartery; see also Thesaurus:artery
** 2013 July–August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist‎, volume 101, number 4, →DOI, page 292:As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. The reason plaque forms isn’t entirely known, but it seems to be related to high levels of cholesterol inducing an inflammatory response, which can also attract and trap more cellular debris over time.
* (transport) A major transit corridor in a system of roads, rivers, or railway lines.
** 1951 April, D. S. Barrie, “British Railways: A Survey, 1948-1950”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 232:But the importance of the railways as main arteries of the national economy remains undimmed, just as their fascination for the railway enthusiast is surely undiminished.
** 1973 October 21, “Freeway work on schedule”, in Free China Weekly [自由中國週報]‎, volume XIV, number 41, Taipei, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1, column 1:Premier Chiang Ching-kuo said October 12 that the North-South Freeway, a 373-kilometer (235-mile) artery along west Taiwan, will have to be completed on schedule by 1978.
** 2020 May 6, Graeme Pickering, “Borders Railway: time for the next step”, in Rail‎, page 52:The 98-mile Edinburgh-Carlisle 'Waverley Route' provided over a century of service as an Anglo-Scottish artery, prior to its closure by British Rail, and its loss provoked anger in the Scottish Borders.

#### Derived terms

* adrenal artery
* alveolar artery
* anterior cerebral artery
* anterior ciliary artery
* anterior communicating artery
* anterior ethmoidal artery
* anterior inferior cerebellar artery
* anterior spinal artery
* arterial
* arteritis
* arterylike
* artery of Adamkiewicz
* ascending cervical artery
* ascending palatine artery
* auditory artery
* auricular artery
* axillary artery
* basilar artery
* brachial artery
* brachiocephalic artery
* caroticotympanic artery
* carotid artery
* celiac artery
* central retinal artery
* cerebellar artery
* cerebral artery
* cervical artery
* ciliary artery
* collateral artery
* common carotid artery
* common iliac artery
* communicating artery
* coronary artery
* coronary artery disease
* deep femoral artery
* deep temporal artery
* dorsal nasal artery
* end artery
* external carotid artery
* external iliac artery
* external maxillary artery
* facial artery
* femal artery
* femoral artery
* frontal artery
* gastroduodenal artery
* greater palatine artery
* iliac artery
* inferior alveolar artery
* inferior dental artery
* inferior laryngeal artery
* inferior mesenteric artery
* inferior thyroid artery
* infraorbital artery
* innominate artery
* internal carotid artery
* internal iliac artery
* internal maxillary artery
* labial artery
* labyrinthine artery
* lacrimal artery
* laryngeal artery
* lingual artery
* long posterior ciliary artery
* mandibular artery
* maxillary artery
* medial palpebral artery
* meningeal artery
* mental artery
* mesenteric artery
* middle cerebral artery
* middle meningeal artery
* middle temporal artery
* occipital artery
* ophthalmic artery
* palatine artery
* peripheral artery disease
* phrenic artery
* popliteal artery
* posterior auricular artery
* posterior cerebral artery
* posterior communicating artery
* posterior ethmoidal artery
* posterior inferior cerebellar artery
* posterior spinal artery
* posterior superior alveolar artery
* profunda femoris artery
* radial artery
* renal artery
* short posterior ciliary artery
* spinal artery
* splenic artery
* subclavian artery
* superficial temporal artery
* superior cerebellar artery
* superior laryngeal artery
* superior mesenteric artery
* superior mesenteric artery syndrome
* superior thyroid artery
* supraorbital artery
* suprascapular artery
* supratrochlear artery
* temporal artery
* testicular artery
* thyroid artery
* transverse cervical artery
* transverse facial artery
* ulnar artery
* vertebral artery
* Vidian artery

#### Related terms

* arterially
* arterio-, arteri-
* arteriole

#### Translations

Afrikaans: slagaar (af)
Albanian: arterie (sq) f
Arabic: شِرْيَان m (širyān)
Armenian: զարկերակ (hy) (zarkerak)
Asturian: arteria (ast) f
Azerbaijani: arteriya (az)
Belarusian: артэ́рыя f (artéryja)
Bengali: ধমনী (dhomoni)
Bulgarian: арте́рия (bg) f (artérija)
Burmese: သွေးလွှတ်ကြော (my) (swe:hlwatkrau:)
Catalan: artèria (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 動脈 / 动脉 (zh) (dòngmài)
Czech: tepna (cs) f
Danish: pulsåre (da) c, arterie (da) c
Dutch: slagader (nl) m, arterie (nl) f
Egyptian: (mt f)
Esperanto: arterio
Estonian: arter
Faroese: lívæðr f
Finnish: valtimo (fi)
French: artère (fr) f
Middle French: artere f
Old French: artere f
Galician: arteria (gl) f
Georgian: არტერია (arṭeria)
German: Arterie (de) f, Schlagader f
Greek: αρτηρία (el) f (artiría)
Ancient: ἀρτηρία f (artēría)
Gujarati: ધમની f (dhamnī), ધોરી નસ ? (dhorī nas)
Haitian Creole: atè
Hebrew: עוֹרֶק (he) m
Hindi: धमनी (hi) f (dhamnī)
Hungarian: artéria (hu), ütőér (hu), verőér (hu)
Icelandic: slagæð (is) f
Ido: arterio (io)
Indonesian: pembuluh nadi (id), arteri (id)
Ingrian: elosooni
Irish: artaire m
Italian: arteria (it) f
Japanese: 動脈 (ja) (どうみゃく, dōmyaku)
Kannada: ಅಪಧಮನಿ (kn) (apadhamani)
Kazakh: артерия (arteriä)
Khmer: សរសៃឈាមក្រហម (sɑɑ say cʰiem krɑhɑɑm), រោហិណី (km) (roohe’nii) (formal), សួស (km) (suəh)
Korean: 동맥(動脈) (ko) (dongmaek)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: xwînber (ku) f
Kyrgyz: артерия (ky) (arteriya)
Lao: ເສັ້ນເລືອດແດງ (sen lư̄at dǣng)
Latin: artēria f
Latvian: artērija (lv) f
Lithuanian: arterija f
Macedonian: артерија (mk) f (arterija)
Malay: arteri (ms)
Malayalam: ധമനികൾ (dhamanikaḷ)
Maltese: arterja
Maori: ia tuku
Marathi: धमनी f (dhamnī)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: тараагуур судас (taraaguur sudas), артерийн судас (arteriin sudas), тархаах судал (tarxaax sudal) (China)
Mongolian: ᠲᠠᠷᠠᠭᠠᠭᠤᠷ ᠰᠤᠳᠠᠰᠤ (taraɣaɣur sudasu), ᠠᠷᠲᠧᠷᠢ ᠶᠢᠨ ᠰᠤᠳᠠᠰᠤ (artēri-yin sudasu), ᠲᠠᠷᠬᠠᠭᠠᠬᠤ ᠰᠤᠳᠠᠯ (tarqaɣaqu sudal)
Navajo: atsʼoos łichíʼígíí
Newar: धमनी (dhamanī)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: arterie (no) m, pulsåre m or f
Nynorsk: arterie m, pulsåre f
Old English: ǣdre f
Ottoman Turkish: شریان (şiryan)
Persian: شریان (fa) (šaryân), سرخرگ (fa) (sorxrag)
Plautdietsch: Oda f
Polish: tętnica (pl) f, arteria (pl) f
Portuguese: artéria (pt) f
Punjabi: ਧਮਣੀ f (dhamṇī)
Romanian: arteră (ro) f
Russian: арте́рия (ru) f (artɛ́rija)
Scottish Gaelic: cuisle f, cuisle-fhala f, cuisle-mhòr f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: а̀рте̄рија f
Roman: àrtērija (sh) f
Sindhi: रग॒ ?, शरियान ?, धमनी ?
Slovak: tepna (sk) f
Slovene: arterija (sl) f
Spanish: arteria (es) f
Swedish: artär (sv) c, pulsåder (sv) c
Tagalog: luwasdaluyan, arterya
Tahitian: uaua
Tajik: сурхраг (tg) (surxrag)
Tamil: தமனி (ta) (tamaṉi)
Tarifit: aẓwar m
Telugu: ధమని (te) (dhamani)
Thai: เส้นเลือดแดง (sên-lʉ̂ʉat-dɛɛng), หลอดเลือดแดง (lɔ̀ɔt-lʉ̂ʉat-dɛɛng)
Tok Pisin: mambu bilong blut
Turkish: arter (tr), atardamar (tr)
Turkmen: arteriýa (tk)
Ukrainian: арте́рія (uk) f (artérija)
Urdu: شریان ? (śryān)
Uzbek: arteriya (uz)
Vietnamese: động mạch (vi)
Volapük: ratär (vo)
Welsh: rhedweli (cy) m or f
Yiddish: אַרטעריע f (arterye) :

### See also

* aorta
* A-road
* atheroma
* capillary
* circulatory system
* vein

### References

* “artery”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* “artery”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

### Anagrams

* rarety