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artere

artere noun: sinew, ligament, tendon, artery.

Noun

artere (plural arteres)

  1. (archaic, obsolete) sinew, ligament, tendon, artery
    • My fate cries out
      And makes each petty artere in this body
      As hardy as the Nemean lion's nerve.c. 1599-1601, Shakespeare, Hamlet, act I, scene iv, lines 81–83

Forms of artere

pluralarteres
alternative formartire
alternative formarture
alternative formartiue

Origin of artere

Late Middle English arterie, borrowing from Old French artaire and Latin artēria (“a windpipe; an artery”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (ărtērĭ́ā, “windpipe; artery”).

Questions about artere

What does artere mean?
Artere means sinew, ligament, tendon, artery.
What part of speech is artere?
Artere is a noun.
What is the plural of artere?
The plural of artere is arteres.

Words near artere in the dictionary

  1. arterati
  2. Arterberry
  3. Arterberrys
  4. Arterburn
  5. Arterburns
  6. artere
  7. arterectomies
  8. arterectomy
  9. arterenol
  10. arteri-
  11. arteria

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