INFRAORBITAL ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does infraorbital artery mean? 

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

1. an artery that originates from the maxillary artery and supplies structures below the orbit (from lower eyelid to upper lip)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• INFRAORBITAL ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An artery that originates from the maxillary artery and supplies structures below the orbit (from lower eyelid to upper lip)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria infraorbitalis; infraorbital artery

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

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