ARTERIA ETHMOIDALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arteria ethmoidalis mean? 

• ARTERIA ETHMOIDALIS (noun)
  The noun ARTERIA ETHMOIDALIS has 1 sense:

1. a branch of the ophthalmic artery supplying structures in and around the nasal capsule

  Familiarity information: ARTERIA ETHMOIDALIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTERIA ETHMOIDALIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A branch of the ophthalmic artery supplying structures in and around the nasal capsule

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Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria ethmoidalis; ethmoidal artery

Hypernyms ("arteria ethmoidalis" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("arteria ethmoidalis" is a part of...):

nose; olfactory organ (the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals)