ARTERIA OVARICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arteria ovarica mean? 

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

1. the artery that branches from the aorta and supplies blood to the ovaries

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTERIA OVARICA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The artery that branches from the aorta and supplies blood to the ovaries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria ovarica; ovarian artery

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

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

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

ovary ((vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone)