APPENDICULAR ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does appendicular artery mean? 

• APPENDICULAR ARTERY (noun)
  The noun APPENDICULAR ARTERY has 1 sense:

1. the branch of the ileocolic artery that supplies the vermiform appendix

  Familiarity information: APPENDICULAR ARTERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APPENDICULAR ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of the ileocolic artery that supplies the vermiform appendix

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

appendicular artery; arteria appendicularis

Hypernyms ("appendicular artery" is a kind of...):

arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)