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pulmonary artery
(redirected from Left pulmonary artery)

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pulmonary artery
n.
An artery that carries venous blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs.
pulmonary artery
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) either of the two arteries that convey oxygen-depleted blood from the heart to the lungs
pulmonary artery
The artery that carries blood with low levels of oxygen from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs.
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Noun1.pulmonary artery - one of two arteries (branches of the pulmonary trunk) that carry venous blood from the heart to the lungspulmonary artery - one of two arteries (branches of the pulmonary trunk) that carry venous blood from the heart to the lungs
arteria pulmonalis
arteria, arterial blood vessel, artery - a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
pulmonary trunk, truncus pulmonalis - the artery that carries venous blood from the right ventricle of the heart and divides into the right and left pulmonary arteries
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pulmonary artery
n → Lungenarterie f
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