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artery

[ahr-tuh-ree] / ˈɑr tə ri /


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Graham’s office said the medical examiner in Washington, D.C., attributed the South Carolina Republican’s death to aortic dissection, due to coronary artery disease.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

The more poetic among us might find a metaphor there; the major artery to Graham’s heart was literally torn in two.

From Salon Jul. 13, 2026

If the blood from the dissection travels outside the artery, the condition is often fatal.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

Brian Hurton had an aortic dissection - when a tear opens up in the body's main artery - on 18 November last year.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

He set about explaining heart attacks: the narrowed artery, the blockage, the partial muscle death.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

Thursday’s fracture was on a riveted steel pipe from 1916 that is part of the system of major arteries that deliver water from reservoirs and tanks to smaller distribution mainlines across Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

Thursday’s fracture was on a steel pipe that forms the major arteries for water delivery from reservoirs and tanks to smaller distribution lines across Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2026

At the time, he wrote in his column for the Sunday Times that "of the arteries feeding my heart with nourishing blood, one was completely blocked and the second of three was heading that way."

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

Mammograms may be used to reveal calcification in breast arteries.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 14, 2026

Chinatown was beginning to draw tourist traffic, but unfortunately the shop wasn’t on either of the two main arteries of the neighborhood.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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