INTERNAL AUDITORY ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does internal auditory artery mean? 

• INTERNAL AUDITORY ARTERY (noun)
  The noun INTERNAL AUDITORY ARTERY has 1 sense:

1. an artery that is a branch of the basilar artery that supplies the labyrinth

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERNAL AUDITORY ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An artery that is a branch of the basilar artery that supplies the labyrinth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

artery of the labyrinth; internal auditory artery; labyrinthine artery

Hypernyms ("internal auditory artery" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("internal auditory artery" is a part of...):

inner ear; internal ear; labyrinth (a complex system of interconnecting cavities; concerned with hearing and equilibrium)