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Artery vs Thrombendarteriectomy - What's the difference?

artery | thrombendarteriectomy |

As nouns the difference between artery and thrombendarteriectomy

is that artery is an efferent blood vessel from the heart, conveying blood away from the heart regardless of oxygenation status; see pulmonary artery while thrombendarteriectomy is (surgery) an operation to remove a thrombus and any diseased inner lining causing the obstruction of an artery.

artery

English

(wikipedia artery)

Noun

(arteries)
  • An efferent blood vessel from the heart, conveying blood away from the heart regardless of oxygenation status; see pulmonary artery.
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    • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Stents to Prevent Stroke , passage=As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. The reason plaque forms isn’t entirely known, but it seems to be related to high levels of cholesterol inducing an inflammatory response, which can also attract and trap more cellular debris over time.}}
  • A major transit corridor.

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * arterial * arterially * arteriole * carotid artery * pulmonary artery

    See also

    * aorta * A-road * atheroma * capillary * circulatory system * vein

    Anagrams

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    thrombendarteriectomy

    English

    Alternative forms

    (Spelling variants) * ** thrombendarteriectomy (best-formed spelling) ** thrombo-endarteriectomy ** thromboendarteriectomy ** thrombo-endo-arteriectomy (rare) ** thromboendoarteriectomy ** thromboendoarterioectomy (rare) * ** thromb-endarterectomy (rare) ** thrombendarterectomy ** thrombendoarterectomy (rare) ** thrombo-end-arterectomy (rare) ** thrombo-endarterectomy ** thromboendarterectomy ** thrombo-endoarterectomy (rare) ** thromboendo-arterectomy (rare) ** thromboendoarterectomy

    Noun

    (thrombendarteriectomies)
  • (surgery) An operation to remove a thrombus and any diseased inner lining causing the obstruction of an artery.

    • Usage notes

    * or both from the rest of the word with hyphens. English words prefixed with arteri- English words prefixed with end- English words suffixed with -ectomy