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What is the noun for artery?

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artery
  1. An efferent blood vessel from the heart, conveying blood away from the heart regardless of oxygenation status; see pulmonary artery.
  2. A major transit corridor.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “She said this programme covers most of the Dingle Peninsula but not the N86 which is the main artery into it.”
      “The artery delivers oxygenated blood from the heart to nourish the organs and tissues throughout the body.”
      “An aneurysm is a swelling in part of an artery caused by damage to, or weakness of, a blood vessel wall.”
arterialization
  1. (physiology) The conversion of venous blood into arterial blood (by absorption of oxygen in the lungs)
arteritis
  1. (pathology) The inflammation of arterial walls, often due to infection or an autoimmune response.
  2. Examples:
    1. “When cerebrovascular malformation, aneurysm, cerebral venous thrombosis, or arteritis is suspected, MRI or MRA is preferred.”
      “Coronary arteritis and myocarditis are the principal causes of morbidity and mortality.”
      “There was diffuse mycotic arteritis in the left middle and posterior cerebral arteries.”
arterial
arteria
  1. (medicine) Artery.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The arteria innominata, the carotid, and subclavian arteries, were uncommonly large and thick.”
      “Why do we call the common trunk of the right subclavian and carotid, the arteria innominata?”
      “On the atrophy of the provisional vessels the whole of the blood of the arteria centralis passes into the retina.”
arterializations
  1. plural of arterialization
arteritides
  1. plural of arteritis
arteritises
  1. (nonstandard) plural of arteritis
arterials
  1. plural of arterial
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The structure of arterials and large buildings limits movement, particularly pedestrian movement, within and through the Area.”
      “New Brunswick has three types of highways: arterials, collectors and locals.”
      “Under such a plan major arterials and emergency routes receive a more timely response than local or subdivision streets.”
arteriae
  1. plural of arteria
arteries
  1. plural of artery
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Between the arteries and the veins are networks of tiny blood vessels called capillaries.”
      “The heart's pumping action pushes the blood around the body through the arteries.”
      “These rivers were vital navigational arteries for the Romans to reach the Bay of Bengal.”
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