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Definition 2024

arteri-

arteri-

English

Prefix

arteri-

(chiefly medicine) artery
1. (forming uncomparable adjectives) arterial (and)
2. (forming countable nouns) of an artery or of arteries

Derived terms

artery

arteriocapillary
arterio-contractile (physiology, obsolete)
arteriogram (medicine)
arteriography →
- arteriographic (medicine) →
  - arteriographically
arteriohepatic
arteriology (anatomy, rare)

arterio-muscular (rare)
arteriosclerosis (medicine)
arteriosclerotic (medicine)
arteriospasm
arteriovenous (medicine) →
- arteriovenous anastomosis (medicine and physiology)
endarteriectomy (surgery)
thrombendarteriectomy (surgery)

Related terms

terms ultimately deriving from ἀρτηρία (artēria, “trachea”, “artery”) but not formed with this prefix

References

“arterio-, comb. form” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; Sept. 2008]