SUPERIOR ALVEOLAR ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does superior alveolar artery mean? 

• SUPERIOR ALVEOLAR ARTERY (noun)
  The noun SUPERIOR ALVEOLAR ARTERY has 1 sense:

1. the alveolar artery that supplies the upper teeth

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPERIOR ALVEOLAR ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The alveolar artery that supplies the upper teeth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria alveolaris superior; superior alveolar artery

Hypernyms ("superior alveolar artery" is a kind of...):

alveolar artery; arteria alveolaris (a branch of the maxillary artery that supplies the alveolar process)