CYSTIC ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cystic artery mean? 

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

1. a branch of the hepatic artery; supplies the gall bladder and the surface of the liver

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYSTIC ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A branch of the hepatic artery; supplies the gall bladder and the surface of the liver

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria cystica; cystic artery

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

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