Pulmonary-artery
noun, Anatomy.
1.
an artery conveying venous blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs.
noun
1.
either of the two arteries that convey oxygen-depleted blood from the heart to the lungs
pulmonary artery n.
pulmonary artery
The artery that carries blood with low levels of oxygen from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs.
pulmonary artery [(pool-muh-ner-ee)]
A large artery that carries blood directly from the heart to the lungs.
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