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Definition of: artery
(är′tər·ē) noun plural ·ter·ies
1. Anat. Any of a large number of muscular vessels conveying blood away from the heart to every part of the body.
2. Any principal channel in a communication or transportation network.
—v.t. ·ter·ied, ·ter·y·ing To supply with or as if with arteries; flow through, like an artery: Rivers artery the land. [<L arteria artery, windpipe <Gk. artēria]
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