artere

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

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Definition of artere

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (archaic, obsolete)sinew, ligament, tendon, artery
    “My fate cries out And makes each petty artere in this body As hardy as the Nemean lion's nerve.”

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Etymology

Late Middle English arterie, borrowing from Old French artaire and Latin artēria (“a windpipe; an artery”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (ărtērĭ́ā, “windpipe; artery”).

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