SPLENIC ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does splenic artery mean? 

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

1. an artery that originates from the celiac trunk and supplies blood to the spleen

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPLENIC ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An artery that originates from the celiac trunk and supplies blood to the spleen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria lienalis; lienal artery; splenic artery

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

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

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

lien; spleen (a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses)

 Context examples 

It has three major branches, left gastric artery, common hepatic artery, and splenic artery.

(Celiac Artery, NCI Thesaurus)