ARTERIA OPHTHALMICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arteria ophthalmica mean? 

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

1. a branch of the internal carotid artery that supplies the eye and neighboring structures

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTERIA OPHTHALMICA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A branch of the internal carotid artery that supplies the eye and neighboring structures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria ophthalmica; ophthalmic artery

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

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