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NUTRIENT ARTERY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nutrient artery mean?
• NUTRIENT ARTERY (noun)
The noun NUTRIENT ARTERY has 1 sense:
1. an artery that supplies the medullary cavity of the long bone
Familiarity information: NUTRIENT ARTERY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An artery that supplies the medullary cavity of the long bone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
arteria nutricia; nutrient artery
Hypernyms ("nutrient artery" is a kind of...):
arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)
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