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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
artery
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
carotid artery
coronary artery
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
carotid
▪ This is the carotid artery which carries blood to the head.
coronary
▪ Underlying obstructive coronary artery disease was not excluded by angiography.
▪ These substances can contribute to plaque buildup in the coronary arteries.
▪ An increase in insulin levels in the blood decreases the normal relaxation of the coronary arteries.
▪ Late opening of an occluded coronary artery may also have some beneficial effect.
▪ Stressors of all kinds can elevate blood pressure and induce sudden constriction of the coronary arteries.
▪ The stuff that furs up coronary arteries must be one of the most lethal substances known to man.
▪ This afternoon his doctors performed angioplasty after a diagnostic test showed significant narrowing of one coronary artery at two different sites.
main
▪ Almirante Boulevard is a main artery out of Waldron, hugging the coastline all the way.
▪ I see developing trees with only two main growth arteries where one has been lopped off, leaving an odd-looking lopsided thing.
▪ She cut lengthwise along the arm and missed the main arteries.
▪ Avenue A, one of the main arteries of the nearby East Village, is now a nightly hot spot.
▪ He needs the main artery to his heart replacing.
▪ The operation at Ipswich Hospital is intended to strengthen the walls of the main artery.
major
▪ The third important complication of cardiovascular syphilis is the development of aneurysms in the wall of the aorta or other major arteries.
▪ It will also mean the diversion of two major traffic arteries over temporary roadways for three years.
pulmonary
▪ Often this blocks a pulmonary artery, causing serious illness or death.
▪ Hybridisation signals were also detected in the vascular endothelium of pulmonary arteries, especially those with severe arteriopathy.
▪ An echocardiogram showed dilatation of the pulmonary artery and tricuspid regurgitation.
■ NOUN
bypass
▪ Will he urgently encourage all boards to purchase coronary artery bypass surgery and other cardiac surgery from Great Britain?
▪ Contracting arrangements Editor, - B Olsburgh raises the question of rational distribution of health care resources in relation to coronary artery bypass grafting.
▪ They are also planning to study the treatment in coronary artery bypasses.
▪ Data for coronary revascularisation are limited to coronary artery bypass surgery; results of percutaneous coronary angioplasty are not yet available.
disease
▪ Underlying obstructive coronary artery disease was not excluded by angiography.
▪ The study is the first to document that laughter and an active sense of humor may help influence heart and artery disease.
▪ Acute myocarditis, hyperthyroidism, and coronary artery disease were excluded.
▪ The long-term epidemiological risk factors for sudden cardiac death greatly resemble those for coronary artery disease.
▪ There are several ways in which coronary artery disease can cause sudden death.
▪ An autopsy revealed that the pilot had been suffering from severe coronary artery disease.
▪ They comprise three main categories: coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease, and venous thrombosis.
▪ In addition, coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular accidents and in particular intermittent claudication occurred more frequently in diabetics of both sexes.
■ VERB
block
▪ Often this blocks a pulmonary artery, causing serious illness or death.
▪ Backers claim the pictures offer doctors a unique early-stage diagnostic window on blocked arteries and other coronary problems.
▪ If it happens too quickly, the gas forms bubbles in the blood that can block small arteries and cause the bends.
▪ Sudden electrical death may occur early after blocking a coronary artery.
▪ Low-density lipoprotein is central to the problem of fat layers which eventually block the arteries.
clog
▪ Food kills incalculable numbers of people every year, spreads epidemics, destroys landscapes and cultures, and clogs our arteries.
▪ Emergency rooms will be clogged with clogged arteries.
▪ These particular fatty acids can play a significant role in preventing heart disease and clogged up arteries.
▪ This disease clogs arteries throughout the body, and legs are especially vulnerable because of their distance from the heart.
▪ Unless we are very lucky, we will end up with clogged arteries.
sever
▪ A post-mortem examination disclosed she had died from a single knife wound, which had severed the artery.
▪ The stone, striking the friar in the thigh at high speed, severed his femoral artery.
▪ The Sandrat bit into the wrist of one of the Minutemen, chewing until she severed the artery.
▪ It was learned that a rifle ball had severed a leg artery and that his boot was filling with blood.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Any beat of the heart might open the artery and spray the brain with blood.
▪ Catheters were inserted into the femoral artery and vein for blood pressure recordings and drug administration, respectively.
▪ For example, the beat can be distorted if the coronary arteries are not wired correctly inside the heart.
▪ Garlic can prevent heart attacks by stopping cholesterol from blocking arteries.
▪ It simply floats along with billions of other cells through miles of veins, arteries and capillaries.
▪ The past few years have seen a hardening of presidential arteries.
▪ The study is the first to document that laughter and an active sense of humor may help influence heart and artery disease.
▪ The third important complication of cardiovascular syphilis is the development of aneurysms in the wall of the aorta or other major arteries.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Artery

Artery \Ar"ter*y\, n.; pl. Arteries. [L. arteria windpipe, artery, Gr. ?.]

  1. The trachea or windpipe. [Obs.] ``Under the artery, or windpipe, is the mouth of the stomach.''
    --Holland.

  2. (Anat.) One of the vessels or tubes which carry either venous or arterial blood from the heart. They have tricker and more muscular walls than veins, and are connected with them by capillaries.

    Note: In man and other mammals, the arteries which contain arterialized blood receive it from the left ventricle of the heart through the aorta. See Aorta. The pulmonary artery conveys the venous blood from the right ventricle to the lungs, whence the arterialized blood is returned through the pulmonary veins.

  3. Hence: Any continuous or ramified channel of communication; as, arteries of trade or commerce.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
artery

late 14c., from Anglo-French arterie, Old French artaire (13c.; Modern French artère), and directly from Latin arteria, from Greek arteria "windpipe," also "an artery," as distinct from a vein; related to aeirein "to raise" (see aorta).\n

\nThey were regarded by the ancients as air ducts because the arteries do not contain blood after death; medieval writers took them for the channels of the "vital spirits," and 16c. senses of artery in English include "trachea, windpipe." The word is used in reference to artery-like systems of major rivers from 1805; of railways from 1850.

Wiktionary
artery

n. An efferent blood vessel from the heart, conveying blood away from the heart regardless of oxygenation status; see pulmonary artery.

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WordNet
artery

  1. n. a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body [syn: arteria, arterial blood vessel]

  2. a major thoroughfare that bears important traffic

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Wikipedia
Artery

Arteries are blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart. While most arteries carry oxygenated blood, there are two exceptions to this, the pulmonary and the umbilical arteries. The effective arterial blood volume is that extracellular fluid which fills the arterial system.

The circulatory system is vital for sustaining life. Its normal functioning is responsible for the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to all cells, as well as the removal of carbon dioxide and waste products, the maintenance of optimum pH, and the circulation of proteins and cells of the immune system. In developed countries, the two leading causes of death, myocardial infarction (heart attack), and stroke, may each directly result from an arterial system that has been slowly and progressively compromised by years of deterioration.

Artery (band)

Artery are a British post-punk band from Sheffield, that was founded in 1978. They were originally known confusingly as just The. After several changes in the line-up and four albums they split up in 1985. They reformed in 2007 after being invited by Jarvis Cocker to perform at the Meltdown Festival.

Artery (disambiguation)

Artery may refer to:

  • Artery, a blood vessel in the body that carries blood away from the heart
  • Artery (band), a post-punk band from Sheffield, England, formed in 1978
  • Artery (character), a character in the Demonata book series by Darren Shan
  • Arterial road, moderate or high-capacity road which is just below a highway level of service
    • Central Artery, a freeway in Boston, Massachusetts
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Usage examples of "artery".

But when you realize that arterial aging affects a lot more than the arteries going to your heart, the importance of arterial health becomes clearer.

Those flavonoids act as an antioxidant, which helps reduce aging of the arteries and the immune system.

And somehow it decreases the aging of your heart, arteries, and immune systems.

Under local anesthetic, a thin, flexible catheter was passed up the femoral artery in the leg, to the aorta, and finally to the celiac axis, a network of arteries coming off the aorta to supply blood to all the upper-abdominal organs.

Especially since the initial diagnosis in each case was a hereditary vascular malformation, one being a Berry aneurysm, or sacular weakening of an artery that was leaking blood, and the other a capsular angioma, same as Kathleen Sullivan had.

But for the local aneurysmal thrill at the point of the scar the condition would have been diagnosed as angioma, but as a bruit could be heard over the entire mass it was called an aneurysmal varix, because it was believed there was a connection between a rather large artery and a vein close to the mass.

Physostigmine, indeed, stimulates nearly all the non-striped muscles in the body, and this action upon the muscular coats of the arteries, and especially of the arterioles, causes a great rise in blood-pressure shortly after its absorption, which is very rapid.

Nelaton describes an instance in which the point of an umbrella wounded the cavernous sinus and internal carotid artery of the opposite side, causing the formation of an arteriovenous aneurysm which ultimately burst, and death ensued.

Olive oil, whole-grain pasta, and asparagus decrease the inflammatory gremlins that age your arteries.

At this time they had diseased and atheromatous arteries, and Chang, who was quite intemperate, had marked spinal curvature, and shortly afterward became hemiplegic.

This in turn raises the likelihood that cholesterol will clog arteries, a condition known as atherosclerosis, which then increases risk of coronary artery disease, heart attack, and untimely death.

The axillary artery was seen lying in the wound, pulsating feebly, but had been efficiently closed by the torsion of the machinery.

Boerhaave mentions a peasant near Leyden, whose axillary artery was divided with a knife, causing great effusion of blood, and the patient fainted.

She followed his blow, striking under his arm to the inner flesh of the biceps and then tearing again at the artery.

She gave up the unequal struggle to cover the wound, but concentrated on getting two fingers over the brachial artery and applying pressure, and was presently rewarded by the sight of the lessened bleeding.