1 variant of arterio-, especially before a vowel.
arteri-combining formor arterio- ETYMOLOGY Greek artēri-, artērio-, from artēria artery
1. artery arteriogram2. arterial and arteriovenous arteri-
combining form
or arterio-
Etymology: Middle French, from Late Latin, from Greek artēri-, artērio-, from artēria — more at artery
1. : artery
< arteriectasia >
< arteriology >
2. : arterial and
< arteriovenous >
arteri-
(Received Pronunciation) enPR: ärtîʹrĭ—, IPA: /ɑːˈtɪəɹɪ—/(US) enPR: ärtîʹri—, IPA: /ɑɹˈtɪɹi—/Prefix
- chiefly medicine artery
- forming uncomparable adjectives arterial (and)
- forming countable nouns of an artery or of arteries
Etymology
Either from the Latin artēria or directly from its etymon, the Ancient Greek ἀρτηρία (artēría, “trachea”, “artery”).
Derived terms
arteriocapillaryarterio-contractile (physiology, obsolete)arteriogram (medicine)arteriography →arteriographic (medicine) →arteriographicallyarteriohepaticarteriology (anatomy, rare)arterio-muscular (rare)arteriosclerosis (medicine)arteriosclerotic (medicine)arteriospasmarteriovenous (medicine) →arteriovenous anastomosis (medicine and physiology)endarteriectomy (surgery)thrombendarteriectomy (surgery) Related terms
arteriac (obsolete)arteriacal (obsolete, rare)arterial →arterial roadarterialize (medicine) →arterializationarterializedarteriole (anatomy) →arteriolar (anatomy)arteriose (medicine, obsolete, rare)arteriotomy (medicine) →arteriotomist (obsolete, rare)arterious (medicine, now rare and historical) →arterious duct (obsolete)arteritis (medicine) →arteritic (medicine)endarteritis (pathology) →endarteriticartery (chiefly medicine) →arterize (obsolete, rare) →arterizing (obsolete, rare)artery-cloggingasper artery (anatomy, obsolete)rough artery (anatomy)sharp artery (anatomy, obsolete) References
“arterio-, comb. form” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision; Sept. 2008]