Definition
The Latin and anatomical term for artery, a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart.
Etymology
From Latin arteria, borrowed from Greek ἀρτηρία (artēría). The Greek root likely derives from aero- (air) because ancient physicians observed air-like spaces in arteries (which are actually empty in corpses). The term was used for all blood vessels before modern anatomy distinguished arteries from veins.
Kelly Says
Ancient Greek doctors thought arteries carried air, not blood—the name literally suggests this, and it wasn't until the Renaissance that anatomists proved arteries were filled with blood and crucial to circulation, but the misleading name stuck anyway.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
Arteries
ar-te-ree-es
ARالعربية
شريان
sh-ree-an
BNবাংলা
আর্টেরি
ar-te-ree
CACatalà
arteria
ar-te-ree-ah
CSČeština
artéria
ar-te-ree-ah
DADansk
arterie
ar-te-ree
DEDeutsch
Arterie
ar-te-ree
ESEspañol
arteria
ar-te-ree-ah
FISuomi
valtimo
val-tee-mo
FRFrançais
artère
ar-tehr
GUGU
arteria
ar-te-ree-ah
HAHA
arteria
ar-te-ree-ah
HUMagyar
artéria
ar-te-ree-ah
IDBahasa Indonesia
arteri
ar-te-ree
IGIG
arteria
ar-te-ree-ah
ITItaliano
arteria
ar-te-ree-ah
KKKK
артерия
ar-te-ree-ya
KMKM
ស្ទង់ឈាម
s-tong ch-eam
MSBahasa Melayu
arteri
ar-te-ree
MYမြန်မာ
ရှေ့ကများ
sh-ay-k-ma-yar
NLNederlands
arterie
ar-te-ree
NONorsk
arterie
ar-te-ree
PAPA
arteria
ar-te-ree-ah
PLPolski
tętnica
tehn-i-tsa
PTPortuguês
artéria
ar-te-ree-ah
RORomână
arterie
ar-te-ree-ah
RUРусский
артерия
ar-te-ree-ya
SVSvenska
arterie
ar-te-ree
SWKiswahili
arteria
ar-te-ree-ah
THไทย
หลอดเลือดแดง
lohd luea-d deng
TLTL
arteriya
ar-te-ree-ah
TRTürkçe
arteri
ar-te-ree
UKУкраїнська
артерія
ar-te-ree-ya
URاردو
arteria
ar-te-ree-ah
VITiếng Việt
đường động mạch
dzoong dong mach
YOYO
arteria
ar-te-ree-ah
ZUZU
arteria
ar-te-ree-ah