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English Dictionary: arteries by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Artery \Ar"ter*y\, n.; pl. {Arteries}. [L. arteria windpipe,
      artery, Gr. [?].]
      1. The trachea or windpipe. [Obs.] [bd]Under the artery, or
            windpipe, is the mouth of the stomach.[b8] --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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