Define Artery Meaning

A place where art is sold to the public. Different from an art gallery because the art is generally local and cheaper.

Artery is a blood vessel in your body which carries blood away from the heart to all parts of the body. They are thick and elastic to withstand the high pressure of the blood pumped from the heart. They also have a small lumen .

THE artery, noun, thē ˈär-tə-rē

internet meme denoting extremely abstruse writing as well as any absurd situation in general

In the TV action drama series '24' season 7 episode 6, 1-2 p.m. it is revealed that the character Tony Almeida survived his apparent death from two seasons ago because Henderson, the alleged killer, purposefully missed THE artery, while stabbing him gruesomely.

It is commonly assumed that there are 20 arteries in the human body and at least as many ways of explaining away a TV character's apparent death and bringing him back into a series; however the writers came up with the purposeful miss of THE (one and only) artery. Hence this became a new standard for lame and sloppy writing.

Another way to refer to the male genitalia.

Food so inherently fatty that your arteries are getting completely fucked by eating them. Often whilst in the process of eating these foods you can feel yourself getting heavier and your breathing tighter.
Can also be used to refer to a period of excessive unhealthy eating.
Examples include: bacon fried in grease, scones and clotted cream, battered mars bars.

When a group of people walk in a fashion that blocks a hallway or pathway making it impossible to walk around.

The abdominal artery that doesn't get enough respect or recognition. If you place $10 bets that it indeed exists, you will be $10 richer.

The nasty, continuous spray of blood that results from wounds to major arteries.

A huge ass artery in your leg.

An artery that supplies oxygen to your heart muscle.