Definition of "arteria" [arteria]

• Artery. (noun)

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• "The word arteria, which had already been applied to the trachea, as an air-containing tube, was then attached to the arteries; on account of the rough and uneven character of its walls the trachea was then called the arteria tracheia, or the rough air-tube. 63 We call it simply the trachea, but in French the word trachée-artère is still used."
• "The word arteria, which had already been applied to the trachea, as an air-containing tube, was then attached to the arteries; on account of the rough and uneven character of its walls the trachea was then called the arteria tracheia, or the rough air-tube. (31a) We call it simply the trachea, but in French the word trachee-artere is still used."
• "He did not use the word "arteria" () for either of them."