ARTERIA GASTRICA BREVES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arteria gastrica breves mean? 

• ARTERIA GASTRICA BREVES (noun)
  The noun ARTERIA GASTRICA BREVES has 1 sense:

1. several small arteries branching off of the splenic artery and going to the greater curvature of the stomach

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTERIA GASTRICA BREVES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Several small arteries branching off of the splenic artery and going to the greater curvature of the stomach

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria gastrica breves; short gastric artery; vasa brevis

Hypernyms ("arteria gastrica breves" is a kind of...):

arteria gastrica; gastric artery (the arteries that supply the walls of the stomach)