Disability insurance pays you a partial amount of your regular wages if you become disabled and are unable to work. Monthly benefits usually last for a specific number of years or until you turn age 65. As a rule, benefits stop once you reach your retirement age under Social Security.
1. blood vessel-a vessel in which blood circulates. arteria, arterial blood vessel, artery-a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body. vas, vessel-a tube in which a body fluid circulates.
noun, plural arteries. 1. Anatomy. a blood vessel that conveys blood from the heart to any part of the body. 2. a main channel or highway, especially of a connected system with many branches. Origin of artery.