arteries

1. Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart and to the body tissues. (Compare veins; see circulatory system.)

Example Sentences

She stated the actual cause of death was narrowing and "calcification of his coronary arteries due to old age".

From BBC

There, she said, doctors treated her partially blocked arteries in the heart, telling her she had suffered a minor heart attack.

From Los Angeles Times

They are the arteries through which credit is extended, wages are paid, savings are stashed or withdrawn.

From BBC

The logistics of whole neighborhoods undertaking simultaneous construction projects on hillside streets, with only a few major arteries in and out, will test the recovery framework that EMD and Hagerty have been working to erect.

From Los Angeles Times

The wound to her neck narrowly missed major arteries, which could have led to fatal blood loss if they had been cut, the court heard.

From BBC

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