VAGINAL ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vaginal artery mean? 

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

1. a branch of the internal iliac that provides blood for the vagina and the base of the bladder and the rectum

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VAGINAL ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A branch of the internal iliac that provides blood for the vagina and the base of the bladder and the rectum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria vaginalis; vaginal artery

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

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

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

vagina (the lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus)