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Definition: ARTERIES |
ARTERIESPlural1. Of Artery |
Date "ARTERIES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | The vessels carrying blood away from the heart. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disease | Ague, angina pectoris, appendicitis; Asiatic cholera, spasmodic cholera; biliary calculus, kidney stone, black death, bubonic plague, pneumonic plague; blennorrhagia, blennorrhoea; blood poisoning, bloodstroke, bloody flux, brash; breakbone fever, dengue fever, malarial fever, Q-fever; heart attack, cardiac arrest, cardiomyopathy; hardening of the arteries, arteriosclerosis, atherosclerosis; bronchocele, canker rash, cardialgia, carditis, endocarditis; cholera, asphyxia; chlorosis, chorea, cynanche, dartre; enanthem, enanthema; erysipelas; exanthem, exanthema; gallstone, goiter, gonorrhea, green sickness; grip, grippe, influenza, flu; hay fever, heartburn, heaves, rupture, hernia, hemorrhoids, piles, herpes, itch, king's evil, lockjaw; measles, mumps, polio; necrosis, pertussis, phthisis, pneumonia, psora, pyaemia, pyrosis, quinsy, rachitis, ringworm, rubeola, St. Vitus's dance, scabies, scarlatina, scarlet fever, scrofula, seasickness, struma, syntexis, tetanus, tetter, tonsillitis, tonsilitis, tracheocele, trachoma, trismus, varicella, varicosis, variola, water qualm, whooping cough; yellow fever, yellow jack. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Lighten up before your arteries harden. (Akira; writing credit: Katsuhiro tomo) | |
Clever | Three kinds of blood vessels are arteries, vanes and caterpillars. (references; author: unknown) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Aorta has been removed to show thickened, fused aortic valve leaflets and opened coronary arteries from above. Autopsy. Credit: CDC. |  | This photo of cardiovascular syphilis shows coronary artery stenosis, a feature of late syphilis. The ostia of both coronary arteries are markedly stenosed. Note the "tree-bark" effect in the intimal lining of the aorta just superior to the aortic valve. Credit: CDC. |
 | ... autopsy specimens of coronary arteries ... / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Tibor Farkas.. |  | The Heart & Arteries / Engraved and printed by W. and A.K. Johnston. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Forearm with arteries marked to show blood flows from heart in continuous one-way cycle. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Horace Bushnell | Habits are to the soul what the veins and arteries are to the blood, the courses in which it moves. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He heard his arteries beat as one hears the ticking of a watch in the dark. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | But these fatty foods can also clog your arteries. (references) | |
Their release is triggered by the dilation of arteries. (references) | ||
They are comprised of snarled tangles of arteries and veins. (references) | ||
Business | The most widely used surgery for the unblocking of the arteries in Argentina is the by-pass operation. (references) | |
Economic History | Switzerland | Important cities, such as Geneva, Basel, and Zurich, were linked by military roads that also served as trade arteries between Rome and the northern tribes. (references) |
Korea | Though it already possesses an extensive highway system with several major North-South and East-West highway arteries, the country's exploding vehicular traffic continues to strain the country's transport network. (references) | |
Guyana | Water supply is erratic, and was made worse by El Nino-related drought conditions and subsequent flooding in the latter half of 1999. Roads are in disrepair, although the government is in the process of resurfacing many important arteries. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Poland | The nurses found the offer unsatisfactory, and demonstrated in the streets, occupied the labor ministry, and blocked transportation arteries. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "ARTERIES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ARTERIES" is used about 250 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 250 | 18,796 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "ARTERIES": Atrabiliary arteries ♦ Bronchial arteries ♦ Carotid Arteries ♦ Cerebral Arteries ♦ Ciliary Arteries ♦ digital arteries ♦ Epigastric Arteries ♦ episcleral arteries ♦ Hardening of the Arteries ♦ induration of the arteries ♦ lenticulostriate arteries ♦ Mammary Arteries ♦ Meningeal Arteries ♦ Mesenteric Arteries ♦ posterior cerebral arteries ♦ Temporal Arteries ♦ Thoracic Arteries ♦ Tibial Arteries ♦ Umbilical Arteries ♦ veins and arteries. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "ARTERIES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 动脉 (Arterial, Artery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | arterierekonstruktion (artery-repair, repair of arteries), arteriae temporales profundae (deep temporal arteries), arteriae surales (sural arteries), arteriae renis (arteries of kidney), arteriae ovaricae (ovarian arteries), wire loop-arterier (wire snare arteries), wire loop lesions (wire snare arteries), vindkedelarterier (air chamber arteries), underekstremitetsarterier (leg arteries), segmentalarterier (segmental arteries), parallelle arterier (double arteries), hjernearterier (cerebral arteries), benarterier (leg arteries). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | arteriae surales (sural arteries), arteriae ovaricae (ovarian arteries), arteriae cerebri (cerebral arteries), arteriae cerebrales (cerebral arteries), arteria temporalis profunda anterior et posterior (deep temporal arteries), voorste en achterste diepgelegen slaapslagader (deep temporal arteries), kuitslagaders (sural arteries), hersenslagaders (cerebral arteries), beenarteriën (leg arteries). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | artères hélicines (helicine arteries), artère cérébrale postérieure (posterior cerebral arteries, posterior cerebral artery), artère de la cloison et artère des cornets et des méats (nasal and septal arteries), artère omphalo-mésentérique (omphalo-mesenteric arteries), artère vitelline (omphalo-mesenteric arteries), artère-réservoir (air chamber arteries), artères épisclerales (episcleral arteries), artères brachiales (arteries of the arm, brachial arteries), artères cérébrales (cerebral arteries), artères ciliaires (ciliary arteries), artères du bras (arteries of the arm, brachial arteries), artères du membre inférieur (leg arteries), artères en anse de fil de fer (wire snare arteries), artères iliaques (ileal arteries), artères intestinales (ileal arteries, intestinal arteries), artères jéjunales (jejunal arteries), artères jumelées (double arteries), artères jumelles (sural arteries), artères lenticulo-striées (lenticulostriate arteries, lenticulo-striate arteries), artères lombaires (lumbal arteries), artères mésonéphrétiques (mesonephric arteries), artères ovariennes (ovarian arteries), artères surales (sural arteries), artères temporales profondes (deep temporal arteries), artères du rein (arteries of kidney), remplacement d'une artère (artery-repair, repair of arteries). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Hauptverkehrsadern, Arterien. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γαστροκνημιαίες αρτηρίες (sural arteries), βαθιές κροταφικές αρτηρίες (deep temporal arteries), ωοθηκικές αρτηρίες (ovarian arteries), εγκεφαλικές αρτηρίες (cerebral arteries), αρτηρίες του κάτω άκρου (leg arteries), αρτηρίαι του νεφρού (arteries of kidney), αποκατάστασις αρτηριών (artery-repair, repair of arteries), διπλές αρτηρίες (double arteries). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | arterie temporali profonde (deep temporal arteries), arterie surali (sural arteries), arterie segmentarie (segmental arteries), arterie ovariche (ovarian arteries), arterie gemelle (sural arteries), arterie cerebrali (cerebral arteries). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 動脈硬化症 (arteriosclerosis, hardening of the arteries), 動脈硬化 (arteriosclerosis, hardening of the arteries). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | どうみゃく"うかしょう (arteriosclerosis, hardening of the arteries), どうみゃく"うか (arteriosclerosis, hardening of the arteries). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 동맥 (Arterial, Artery, Gland, glands). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arteriesay artérias temporais profundas (deep temporal arteries), artérias surais (sural arteries), artérias segmentárias (segmental arteries), artérias renais (arteries of kidney), artérias ováricas (ovarian arteries), artérias gémeas (double arteries), artérias em ansa de fio de arame (wire snare arteries), artérias duplas (double arteries), artéria cerebral (cerebral arteries), substituição de uma artéria (artery-repair, repair of arteries). (various references) артерия (artery). (various references) las arterias. (various references) damar sertliği (arteriosclerosis, hardening of the arteries). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"ARTERIES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: arcturans, Aroeira, Artemide, Artemio, arteria, arterie, arteriosus, Arturas, aryeries, atresias, carveries, icterids, Irnerius, orreries, rasterise. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ARTERIES" (pronounced Ä"rterēz) |
| 4 | -t er ē z | batteries, directories, documentaries, eateries, factories, histories, lotteries, mysteries, refractories, victories. |
| 3 | -er ē z | accessories, advisories, anniversaries, armories, bakeries, boundaries, breweries, burglaries, calories, calvaries, canneries, centuries, deliveries, diaries, discoveries, distilleries, draperies, embroideries, fisheries, forgeries, galleries, groceries, hatcheries, hickories, injuries, inquiries, luxuries, machineries, memories, microbreweries, miseries, nurseries, ovaries, penitentiaries, quandaries, recoveries, refineries, reveries, robberies, rosaries, salaries, sceneries, summaries, surgeries, treasuries, vagaries, wineries. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-r-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: aeriest, artsier, reraise, retears, retires, retries, seriate, serrate, tarries, tarsier, tearers, tearier, terries. | |
-2 letters: aerier, aeries, airers, airest, aretes, arrest, artier, easier, easter, eaters, eraser, irater, raiser, rarest, raster, raters, rerise, reseat, resite, rester, retear, reties, retire, satire, searer, seater, sierra, sirree, starer, striae, tarres, tearer, teaser, terais, terrae, terras, terser, triers. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-i-r-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: careerist, dreariest, earthrise, retailers, retainers, streakier, streamier, ternaries, traceries. | |
+2 letters: advertiser, arterioles, barretries, careerists, earthrises, entrainers, errantries, firewaters, irredentas, privateers, reiterates, reradiates, restrained, restrainer, retrievals, sweetbriar, teaberries, tertiaries, treasuries, varletries, veratrines. | |
+3 letters: advertisers, arteritides, arteritises, artilleries, barometries, brainteaser, carpentries, charioteers, crematories, erythremias, fraternizes, freemartins, garnierites, gravimeters, intergrades, interlayers, irrealities, itineraries, literatures, marguerites, marquetries, natriureses, parquetries, pasteurizer, perestroika, quarterlies, radiometers, reaccredits, rearresting, reasserting, reassertion, recreations, registrable, remastering, repatriates, researchist, reservation, restorative, restrainers, secretarial, secretariat, secretaries, semitrailer, streamliner, stripteaser, sweetbriars, temerarious, temporaries, termitaries, terrestrial, tetrarchies, tiebreakers, trailerites, traitresses, transceiver, transpierce, travertines, treacheries, variometers, wiretappers. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 52 54 45 52 49 45 53 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-. - . .-. .. . ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01010010 01010100 01000101 01010010 01001001 01000101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A R T E R I E S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0052 0054 0045 0052 0049 0045 0053 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3552543952433953 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Translations: Modern 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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