ARTERIA RECTALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arteria rectalis mean? 

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

1. one of the arteries supplying the rectal area

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTERIA RECTALIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the arteries supplying the rectal area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria rectalis; rectal artery

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

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

Holonyms ("arteria rectalis" is a part of...):

rectum (the terminal section of the alimentary canal; from the sigmoid flexure to the anus)