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artery

[ahr-tuh-ree] / ˈɑr tə ri /


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Notably, the relationship between earlier fitness and later artery health remained significant even after accounting for several established cardiovascular risk factors, including obesity, smoking, and blood pressure.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

Before the war, the strait—a critical artery for global energy markets—used to carry around a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Although mostly single carriageway with few overtaking lanes, it is a vital artery of the Northern Ireland road network and has more than 200 side roads connecting to it.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

Dr Edward Sheffield, who performed an additional post-mortem examination on Kitchen's body in Bristol, said his cause of death had been cardiac failure due to coronary artery atheroma and the physiological effects of turbulence.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

“We can’t patch an artery like an inner tube. By the way, how do you get him to let you take his blood pressure?”

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

On one huge video screen, colour-coded passenger and freight trains could be seen making their way along the arteries of Ukraine's vast railway network.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The bridge is one of the main transport arteries across the Dnipro River dividing western and eastern parts of Kyiv.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Atherosclerosis, the gradual buildup of plaque inside arteries that drives most cardiovascular disease, can begin many years before a person notices any symptoms.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

Imaging the carotid and femoral arteries with ultrasound is easier, quicker and noninvasive compared with performing CT scans to examine the coronary arteries.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

Their veins and arteries have been injected with colored rubber, blue for the veins, purple for the arteries, so we can see that their blood systems are connected.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood


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