English

Noun

arteria ‎(plural arteriae)

1. (medicine) Artery.

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin artēria

Noun

arteria f ‎(plural arteries)

1. artery

Related terms

• arterial

Esperanto

Etymology

arterio +‎ -a

Adjective

arteria ‎(accusative singular arterian, plural arteriaj, accusative plural arteriajn)

1. arterial, relating to an artery

Finnish

Noun

arteria

1. (medicine) Artery.

Declension

Synonyms

• valtimo

Galician

Etymology

From Latin artēria

Noun

arteria f ‎(plural arterias)

1. artery

Related terms

• arterial

Italian

Etymology

From Latin artēria

Noun

arteria f ‎(plural arterie)

1. (anatomy) artery, arteria

Derived terms

Anagrams

• tarerai

Latin

Alternative forms

• artērium

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀρτηρία ‎(artēría) from ἀέρα τηρεῖν ‎(aéra tēreîn) air containing.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /arˈteː.ri.a/

Noun

artēria f ‎(genitive artēriae); first declension

1. windpipe
2. (anatomy) artery

Usage notes

• The application of this term to the arteries results from a misinterpretation of corpses, in which the blood had moved to the veins, and the air to the arteries.

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• artēriacē
• artēriacus
• artēriōsus
• artēriotomia

Descendants

References

• arteria in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• arteria in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “arteria”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin artēria

Noun

arteria f ‎(plural arterias)

1. (anatomy) artery

Related terms

• arterial