ARCUATE ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arcuate artery mean? 

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

1. curved artery in the foot

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARCUATE ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Curved artery in the foot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arcuate artery; arteria arcuata

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

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

Holonyms ("arcuate artery" is a part of...):

foot; human foot; pes (the part of the leg of a human being below the ankle joint)

 Context examples 

The following arterial branches originate from the dorsalis pedis artery: the arcuate artery of the foot and deep plantar artery.

(Dorsalis Pedis Artery, NCI Thesaurus)