artère

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

artère

From Latin arteria (artery, trachea) ; from Greek. This word was first used to mean the trachea and its ramifications; then it was applied to the arteries themselves; it comes from the Greek verb 'to suspend', and means what is suspended, a denomination which quite suits the trachea (cf. aorta).

Definitions

anat

Plural

artères

Translations

  • germangerman:Schlagader
  • englishenglish:artery
  • danishdanish:arterie
  • spanishspanish:arteria
  • greekgreek:αρτηρία
  • italianitalian:arteria
  • dutchdutch:slagader
  • portugueseportuguese:artéria
  • russianrussian:артерия
  • swedishswedish:artär
  • turkishturkish:atardamar

See also

artériel (adj.) artérite (cn.) périartérite (cn.) artérialisation (cn.) artérialiser (v.)