CIRCUMFLEX HUMERAL ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does circumflex humeral artery mean? 

• CIRCUMFLEX HUMERAL ARTERY (noun)
  The noun CIRCUMFLEX HUMERAL ARTERY has 1 sense:

1. an artery that supplies the shoulder joint and shoulder muscles

  Familiarity information: CIRCUMFLEX HUMERAL ARTERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CIRCUMFLEX HUMERAL ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An artery that supplies the shoulder joint and shoulder muscles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria circumflexa humeri; circumflex humeral artery

Hypernyms ("circumflex humeral artery" is a kind of...):

circumflex artery (any of several paired curving arteries)

Holonyms ("circumflex humeral artery" is a part of...):

articulatio humeri; shoulder; shoulder joint (a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula)