INNOMINATE ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does innominate artery mean? 

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

1. a large artery arising from the arch of the aorta and divides into the right subclavian artery and the right common carotid artery; supplies the right side of the neck and head and the right shoulder and arm

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• INNOMINATE ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large artery arising from the arch of the aorta and divides into the right subclavian artery and the right common carotid artery; supplies the right side of the neck and head and the right shoulder and arm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

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

 Context examples 

One of two arteries (right common carotid and right subclavian) that branch off of the innominate artery.

(Innominate Artery Branch, NCI Thesaurus)