a. and sb. Obs. [ad. L. artēriacus, Gr. ἀρτηριακός, also subst. artēriacē, ἡ ἀρτηριακή, f. ἀρτηρία: see ARTERY and -AC.] A. adj. Of or pertaining to the windpipe. B. sb. A remedy for disease of the windpipe.
1661. Lovell, Hist. Anim. & Min., 359. The vice of the voice and speech … are cured … by arteriacks.
1699. in Phil. Trans., XXI. 402. An Arteriac … (to smooth the Trachea, and promote Expectoration).
1859. in Worcester.
