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artery

[ahr-tuh-ree] / ˈɑr tə ri /


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The inquest earlier was told he had undergone an operation to fit stents to his right coronary artery in April 2019.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Shipping routes through the Red Sea are a vital artery of the world economy.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

"Coronary artery calcium scans are becoming more widely available and less expensive," said study senior author Dr. Nilay Shah, assistant professor of medicine in the division of cardiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026

Roivant Sciences stock was surging after the biotech reported success in a mid-stage trial of its experimental lung-and-heart artery drug, mosliciguat.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

I applied pressure to the artery with my fingertips, and then more pressure, and it still bled.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin

Taiwan risk therefore runs through two enormous arteries of the global economy: semiconductors and shipping.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

The device is placed in the arteries and temporarily blocks small blood vessels in the knee that may contribute to inflammation and pain.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

The CT scan looks for calcium-containing plaque inside the coronary arteries.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026

Gyirong had also become one of the main arteries linking Nepal and China.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

He was injecting the veins and arteries of small dogfish with color mass.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck




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