POSTERIOR TEMPORAL ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does posterior temporal artery mean? 

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

1. temporal artery that supplies the posterior part of the cortex of the temporal lobe

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• POSTERIOR TEMPORAL ARTERY (noun)

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Meaning:

Temporal artery that supplies the posterior part of the cortex of the temporal lobe

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Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria temporalis posterior; posterior temporal artery

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

temporal artery (any of the three arteries on either side of the brain supplying the cortex of the temporal lobe)