αρτηρία
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See also: ἀρτηρία
Greek
Pronunciation
Noun
αρτηρία • (artiría) f (plural αρτηρίες)
- (anatomy, physiology) artery (blood vessel)
- (figuratively) arterial or main road
- H πόλη έχει τρεις βασικές οδικές αρτηρίες. ― H póli échei treis vasikés odikés artiríes. ― The city has three arterial roads.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | αρτηρία (artiría) | αρτηρίες (artiríes) |
| genitive | αρτηρίας (artirías) | αρτηριών (artirión) |
| accusative | αρτηρία (artiría) | αρτηρίες (artiríes) |
| vocative | αρτηρία (artiría) | αρτηρίες (artiríes) |
Related terms
- αρτηριακός (artiriakós, “arterial”, adjective)
- αρτηριοπάθεια f (artiriopátheia, “arteriopathy”)
- αρτηριοσκλήρυνση f (artiriosklírynsi, “arteriosclerosis”)
- αρτηριοσκλήρωση f (artiriosklírosi, “arteriosclerosis”)
- αρτηριοσκληρωτικός (artiriosklirotikós, “arteriosclerotic”, adjective)
Further reading
αρτηρία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el- αρτηρία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
