major artery

collocation in English

meaningsofmajorandartery

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major
adjective
uk
/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/
us
/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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artery
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɑː.tər.i/
us
/ˈɑːr.t̬ɚ.i/
one of the thick tubes that carry blood from the heart to other parts of ...
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(Definition ofmajorandarteryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The road is amajorartery, certainly economically, and is extremely dangerous.
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It is amajorarterythat runs amidst heavily built-up areas.
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Here is amajorartery.
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The street consists of a high portion which is amajorarterythrough the area, as well as a lesser-used low portion.
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Coarctations are most common where the aorta themajorarteryleading away from the heart arches toward the abdomen and legs.
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He had surgery to remove cancer from his right lung in 1998, and had a partial blockage of amajorarteryremoved in 1999.
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As such, it is amajorarteryused for moving people and goods around the city.
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The cause of death was a spontaneous rupture of themajorartery, resulting in a massive hemorrhage in his chest.
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An operation was performed to lift the collarbone, which was believed to be resting on amajorarteryand interrupting blood flow to the arm.
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The progressive occlusion of major arteries has been reported and is associated with poor prognosis.
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West was told that the chances were low of regaining the full use of his left arm, having come very close to severing amajorartery.
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Other major arteries that may also exhibit stenosis and wall thickening include the pulmonary, coronary, carotid and renal arteries.
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The pelvic cavity also contains major arteries, veins, muscles, and nerves.
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However, the wall stiffening may eventually increase pulse pressure; widened pulse pressure is one possible result of advanced disease within the major arteries.
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It is a condition where a small blood vessel connecting two major arteries does not close following birth.
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This occurs because the aorta and the pulmonary artery, the two major arteries coming out of the heart, are connected to the wrong chambers.
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Other major arteries have similar levels of blood pressure recordings indicating very low disparities among major arteries.
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