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CILIARY ARTERY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ciliary artery mean?
• CILIARY ARTERY (noun)
The noun CILIARY ARTERY has 1 sense:
1. one of several arteries supplying the choroid coat of the eye
Familiarity information: CILIARY ARTERY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of several arteries supplying the choroid coat of the eye
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
arteria ciliaris; ciliary artery
Hypernyms ("ciliary artery" is a kind of...):
arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)
Holonyms ("ciliary artery" is a part of...):
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