LABIAL ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does labial artery mean? 

• LABIAL ARTERY (noun)
  The noun LABIAL ARTERY has 1 sense:

1. an artery that is a branch of the facial artery that supplies the lips of the mouth

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LABIAL ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An artery that is a branch of the facial artery that supplies the lips of the mouth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria labialis; labial artery

Hypernyms ("labial artery" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "labial artery"):

arteria labialis inferior; inferior labial artery (an artery that is a branch of the facial artery that supplies the lower lip)

arteria labialis superior; superior labial artery (an artery that is a branch of the facial artery that supplies the upper lip)

Holonyms ("labial artery" is a part of...):

lip (either of two fleshy folds of tissue that surround the mouth and play a role in speaking)