Definition of "artery" []

• Anatomy Any of the muscular elastic tubes that form a branching system and that carry blood away from the heart to the cells, tissues, and organs of the body. (noun)
• A major route of transportation into which local routes flow. See Synonyms at way. (noun)

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• "The chief artery conveying blood to the lungs is the _pulmonary artery_."
• "_innominate_, as anatomists name a certain bone the _innominate bone_, and a certain artery the _innominate artery_."
• "This latter point is critical to the DOT, since Atlantic Avenue is a main artery to downtown Brooklyn."