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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An artery that carries venous blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs.
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- noun anatomy The
artery that connects the rightventricle of theheart to thelungs .
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- noun one of two arteries (branches of the pulmonary trunk) that carry venous blood from the heart to the lungs
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