artèria

See also: arteria, artéria, and arterią

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin artēria, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (ărtērĭ́ā, “windpipe; artery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ərˈtɛ.ɾi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aɾˈtɛ.ɾi.a]

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Noun

artèria f (plural artèries)

1. (anatomy, transport) artery

Derived terms

• arterial

Related terms

• arteriola

Further reading

• “artèria”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April