noun (plural arteries)
1 any of the tubes that carry blood from the heart to the rest of the body:
blocked arteries
compareVEIN
seealsoCORONARYARTERY
2 a large and important road, river, railway/railroad line, etc.
arterial adjective [onlybeforenoun]:
arterial blood / disease * an arterial road * arterial traffic
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