EXTERNAL MAXILLARY ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does external maxillary artery mean? 

• EXTERNAL MAXILLARY ARTERY (noun)
  The noun EXTERNAL MAXILLARY ARTERY has 1 sense:

1. an artery that originates in the external carotid and gives off branches that supply the neck and face

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXTERNAL MAXILLARY ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An artery that originates in the external carotid and gives off branches that supply the neck and face

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Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria facialis; external maxillary artery; facial artery

Hypernyms ("external maxillary artery" is a kind of...):

arteria maxillaris; maxillary artery (either of two arteries branching from the external carotid artery and supplying structure of the face)