ETHMOIDAL ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ethmoidal artery mean? 

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

1. a branch of the ophthalmic artery supplying structures in and around the nasal capsule

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ETHMOIDAL ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A branch of the ophthalmic artery supplying structures in and around the nasal capsule

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria ethmoidalis; ethmoidal artery

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

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

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

nose; olfactory organ (the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals)

 Context examples 

An anterior ethmoidal artery branch that supplies the meningeal tissues in the anterior fossa of the cranium.

(Anterior Meningeal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)