artery
ar.te.ry \'a:rt-*-re-\ n [ME arterie, fr. L arteria, fr. Gk arte-ria; akin to Gk aorte]- aorta 1: one of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that c arry blood from the heart through the body 2: a channel (as a river or highway) of communication