ANTERIOR TEMPORAL ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anterior temporal artery mean? 

• ANTERIOR TEMPORAL ARTERY (noun)
  The noun ANTERIOR TEMPORAL ARTERY has 1 sense:

1. temporal artery that goes to the anterior part of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTERIOR TEMPORAL ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Temporal artery that goes to the anterior part of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe

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Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

anterior temporal artery; arteria temporalis anterior

Hypernyms ("anterior temporal artery" is a kind of...):

temporal artery (any of the three arteries on either side of the brain supplying the cortex of the temporal lobe)