1. one of two arteries (branches of the pulmonary trunk) that carry venous blood from the heart to the lungs; [syn: pulmonary artery, arteria pulmonalis]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
arteria pulmonalis
n 1: one of two arteries (branches of the pulmonary trunk) that
carry venous blood from the heart to the lungs [syn:
pulmonary artery, arteria pulmonalis]