BIFURCATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bifurcation mean? 

• BIFURCATION (noun)
  The noun BIFURCATION has 3 senses:

1. a bifurcating branch (one or both of them)

2. the place where something divides into two branches

3. the act of splitting into two branches

  Familiarity information: BIFURCATION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIFURCATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bifurcating branch (one or both of them)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("bifurcation" is a kind of...):

branch; leg; ramification (a part of a forked or branching shape)

Holonyms ("bifurcation" is a part of...):

bifurcation (the place where something divides into two branches)

Derivation:

bifurcate (divide into two branches)

bifurcate (split or divide into two)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The place where something divides into two branches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("bifurcation" is a kind of...):

forking; furcation (the place where something divides into branches)

Meronyms (parts of "bifurcation"):

bifurcation (a bifurcating branch (one or both of them))

Derivation:

bifurcate (divide into two branches)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of splitting into two branches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("bifurcation" is a kind of...):

branching; fork; forking; ramification (the act of branching out or dividing into branches)

Derivation:

bifurcate (divide into two branches)

bifurcate (split or divide into two)

 Context examples 

The lateral branch distal to a bifurcation of the second obtuse marginal artery.

(Lateral Second Obtuse Marginal Branch Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The lateral branch distal to a bifurcation of the second diagonal artery.

(Lateral Second Diagonal Branch Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The lateral branch distal to a bifurcation of the ramus intermedius artery.

(Lateral Ramus Intermedius Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The lateral branch distal to a bifurcation of the third diagonal artery.

(Lateral Third Diagonal Branch Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The lateral branch distal to a bifurcation of the third obtuse marginal artery.

(Lateral Third Obtuse Marginal Branch Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

Bronchi-The larger air passages of the lungs arising from the terminal bifurcation of the trachea.

(Murine Trachea and Bronchus, DEA-DEAIS)

The part of the respiratory system below the bifurcation of the trachea.

(Lower Respiratory System, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood vessel arising from the bifurcation of the pulmonary artery that carries deoxygenated blood to the left lung.

(Left Pulmonary Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The lateral branch distal to a bifurcation of the first diagonal artery.

(Lateral First Diagonal Branch Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The lateral branch distal to a bifurcation of the first obtuse marginal artery.

(Lateral First Obtuse Marginal Branch Artery, NCI Thesaurus)