INFERIOR ALVEOLAR ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inferior alveolar artery mean? 

• INFERIOR ALVEOLAR ARTERY (noun)
  The noun INFERIOR ALVEOLAR ARTERY has 1 sense:

1. the alveolar artery that goes through the mandibular canal to supply the lower teeth

  Familiarity information: INFERIOR ALVEOLAR ARTERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INFERIOR ALVEOLAR ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The alveolar artery that goes through the mandibular canal to supply the lower teeth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria alveolaris inferior; inferior alveolar artery

Hypernyms ("inferior alveolar artery" is a kind of...):

alveolar artery; arteria alveolaris (a branch of the maxillary artery that supplies the alveolar process)

 Context examples 

The terminal branch of the inferior alveolar artery that supplies the chin.

(Mental Artery, NCI Thesaurus)