artery
noun
Simple meaning
A blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
ahrtereeSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈɑɹtɚi
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
anatomy
A blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
anatomy
Any of the muscular- and elastic-walled blood vessels forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed away from the heart regardless of its oxygenation status; see pulmonary artery.
transport
A major transit corridor in a system of roads, rivers, or railway lines.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
Used this way, artery is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a clinical use: it belongs to medical description, where it is factual rather than emotive.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Specialist/technical
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Specialized
- Connotation
- Clinical and technical
- Usage feel
- Technical and specialized
Where it naturally appears
- Medicine/healthcare
- Science
- Technical/specialist writing
Usage note
In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use artery
- “The main artery of the city was congested with heavy traffic during rush hour.”
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