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Pulmonary Artery

Definition: Pulmonary Artery

Pulmonary Artery

Noun

1. One of two arteries (branches of the pulmonary trunk) that carry venous blood from the heart to the lungs.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

Specialty Definition: Pulmonary Artery

Domain	Definition
Health	The short wide vessel arising from the conus arteriosus of the right ventricle and conveying unaerated blood to the lungs. (references)
Medicine	Artery that origins in the right ventricle of the heart and divides into the arteria pulmonalis dextra and arteria pulmonalis sinistra. They enter the corresponding lungs and branch along with the segmental bronchi [VE1]. Source: European Union. (references)
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Synonym: Pulmonary Artery

Synonym: arteria pulmonalis (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Pulmonary Artery

English words defined with "pulmonary artery": arterial blood ♦ ductus arteriosus ♦ Eparterial ♦ Hyparterial ♦ pulmonary embolism, pulmonary stenosis, pulmonary valve ♦ systole. (references)

Specialty definitions using "pulmonary artery": Alagille Syndrome, Aortopulmonary Septal Defect ♦ Catheterization, Swan-Ganz ♦ Double Outlet Right Ventricle ♦ EN-dienblad, en-route ♦ Fontan Procedure ♦ Monocrotaline ♦ NX EN ♦ Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency ♦ Transposition of Great Vessels, Truncus Arteriosus. (references)

Commercial Usage: Pulmonary Artery

Domain	Title
Books	Pulmonary Artery Catheter: Methodology and Clinical Applications (reference) The Pulmonary artery catheter : methodology & clinical applications (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Pulmonary Artery

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Wall of small pulmonary artery thickens. (references)
		Fibrous, or scarred, tissue appears on inner wall of small pulmonary artery. (references)
		This suggests that the pulmonary artery pressure rises to high levels early in the course of the disease. (references)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Pulmonary Artery

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
pulmonary artery	29
pulmonary artery catheter	19
pulmonary artery pressure	11
pulmonary artery hypertension	2
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Modern Translation: Pulmonary Artery

Language		Translations for "pulmonary artery"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		kateter til måling af pulmonalt arterie-og kapillærtryk (balloon-flotation PA catheter, balloon-flotation pulmonary artery catheter). (various references)

Dutch		Swan-Ganz-kathether (balloon-flotation PA catheter, balloon-flotation pulmonary artery catheter). (various references)

Finnish		kelluva termodiluutiokatetri (balloon-flotation PA catheter, balloon-flotation pulmonary artery catheter). (various references)

French		cathéter flottant � thermodilution (balloon-flotation pulmonary artery catheter). (various references)

German		Thermodilutionskatheter (balloon-flotation PA catheter, balloon-flotation pulmonary artery catheter, thermodilution catheter). (various references)

Greek		νηχόμενος καθετήρας θερμοαραίωσης (balloon-flotation PA catheter, balloon-flotation pulmonary artery catheter). (various references)

Italian		arteria polmonare (pulmonary trunk). (various references)

Pig Latin		ulmonarypay arteryay

Spanish		catéter flotante de arteria pulmonar (balloon-flotation PA catheter, balloon-flotation pulmonary artery catheter). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Pulmonary Artery

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial

5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams

9. Bibliography

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