arteria pulmonalis

1. 1.

   one of two arteries (branches of the pulmonary trunk) that carry venous blood from the heart to the lungs

   Synonymspulmonary artery

   Broaderartery

   Narrowerpulmonary trunk

Questions about arteria pulmonalis

What does arteria pulmonalis mean?

arteria pulmonalis means "one of two arteries (branches of the pulmonary trunk) that carry venous blood from the heart to the lungs".

What is another word for arteria pulmonalis?

Close synonyms include pulmonary artery. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is arteria pulmonalis a common word?

arteria pulmonalis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.