CHOROIDAL ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does choroidal artery mean? 

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

1. an artery that supplies the choroid plexus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHOROIDAL ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An artery that supplies the choroid plexus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria choroidea; choroidal artery

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

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

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

choroid plexus; plexus choroideus (a vascular plexus of the cerebral ventricles that regulate intraventricular pressure)

 Context examples 

One of two arteries (anterior and posterior choroidal artery) that supply blood to the choroid plexus, optic tract, hippocampus, globus pallidus, and other various brain regions.

(Choroidal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)