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SHORT GASTRIC ARTERY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does short gastric artery mean?
• SHORT GASTRIC ARTERY (noun)
The noun SHORT GASTRIC ARTERY has 1 sense:
1. several small arteries branching off of the splenic artery and going to the greater curvature of the stomach
Familiarity information: SHORT GASTRIC ARTERY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Several small arteries branching off of the splenic artery and going to the greater curvature of the stomach
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
arteria gastrica breves; short gastric artery; vasa brevis
Hypernyms ("short gastric artery" is a kind of...):
arteria gastrica; gastric artery (the arteries that supply the walls of the stomach)
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