POSTERIOR MENINGEAL ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does posterior meningeal artery mean? 

• POSTERIOR MENINGEAL ARTERY (noun)
  The noun POSTERIOR MENINGEAL ARTERY has 1 sense:

1. branch of the ascending pharyngeal artery that supplies the dura mater of the posterior cranial fossa

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• POSTERIOR MENINGEAL ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Branch of the ascending pharyngeal artery that supplies the dura mater of the posterior cranial fossa

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("posterior meningeal artery" is a kind of...):

arteria meningea; meningeal artery (any of three arteries supplying the meninges of the brain and neighboring structures)