artery

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n. 动脉, 干道, 要道 [医] 动脉

发音

UK /ˈɑː.tə.ɹi/
US /ˈɑɹ.təɹ.i/

词形变化

arteries 复数 arteries

别名

artier artire arteria artere arture artiue

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    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.

    动脉

    医学
  2. 2.

    A major transit corridor in a system of roads, rivers, or railway lines.

    交通

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

arteria

上位词 2

thoroughfare blood vessel

下位词 10

aorta alveolar artery arteriola arteriole auricular artery axillary artery basilar artery brachial artery carotid artery celiac artery

相关短语

artery of Adamkiewicz coronary artery disease 冠状动脉疾病 superior mesenteric artery syndrome peripheral artery disease middle cerebral artery syndrome anterior spinal artery syndrome anterior cerebral artery syndrome iliac artery 髂动脉 subclavian artery 锁骨下动脉 adrenal artery coronary artery n. 冠状动脉; 冠状血管 carotid artery 颈动脉 pulmonary artery n. 肺动脉 radial artery 桡动脉 innominate artery 无名动脉

词源

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

来源：wiktionary