ARTERY


Meaning of ARTERY in English

A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart. Put otherwise, an artery is an efferent vessel (efferent coming from the Latin "ex’, out + "ferre", to bear = to bear out or carry away). Arterial blood is normally full of oxygen. The oxygenated hemoglobin (oxyhemoglobin) makes it look bright red.

English dictionary of medicine.      Английский словарь медицины.