GLUTEAL ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gluteal artery mean? 

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

1. branches of the internal iliac artery that supply the hip joint and gluteal region

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLUTEAL ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Branches of the internal iliac artery that supply the hip joint and gluteal region

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria glutes; gluteal artery

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

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

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

hip (either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh)