LACRIMAL ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lacrimal artery mean? 

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

1. an artery that originates from the ophthalmic artery and supplies the lacrimal gland and rectal eye muscles and the upper eyelid and the forehead

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LACRIMAL ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An artery that originates from the ophthalmic artery and supplies the lacrimal gland and rectal eye muscles and the upper eyelid and the forehead

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria lacrimalis; lacrimal artery

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

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

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

eye; oculus; optic (the organ of sight)