ARTERIA LUMBALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arteria lumbalis mean? 

• ARTERIA LUMBALIS (noun)
  The noun ARTERIA LUMBALIS has 1 sense:

1. one of four or five pairs of arteries that originate in the abdominal aorta and supply the lumbar vertebrae and the back muscles and abdominal wall

  Familiarity information: ARTERIA LUMBALIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTERIA LUMBALIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of four or five pairs of arteries that originate in the abdominal aorta and supply the lumbar vertebrae and the back muscles and abdominal wall

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Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria lumbalis; lumbar artery

Hypernyms ("arteria lumbalis" is a kind of...):

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