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ARTERIA PULMONALIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does arteria pulmonalis mean?
• ARTERIA PULMONALIS (noun)
The noun ARTERIA PULMONALIS has 1 sense:
1. one of two arteries (branches of the pulmonary trunk) that carry venous blood from the heart to the lungs
Familiarity information: ARTERIA PULMONALIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of two arteries (branches of the pulmonary trunk) that carry venous blood from the heart to the lungs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
arteria pulmonalis; pulmonary artery
Hypernyms ("arteria pulmonalis" is a kind of...):
arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arteria pulmonalis"):
pulmonary trunk; truncus pulmonalis (the artery that carries venous blood from the right ventricle of the heart and divides into the right and left pulmonary arteries)
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