ARTERIA MAXILLARIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arteria maxillaris mean? 

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

1. either of two arteries branching from the external carotid artery and supplying structure of the face

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTERIA MAXILLARIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two arteries branching from the external carotid artery and supplying structure of the face

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Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria maxillaris; maxillary artery

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arteria maxillaris"):

arteria facialis; external maxillary artery; facial artery (an artery that originates in the external carotid and gives off branches that supply the neck and face)

internal maxillary artery (the maxillary artery that supplies deep structure of the face and some of the meninges)