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SHORT GASTRIC ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does short gastric artery mean? 

SHORT GASTRIC ARTERY (noun)
  The noun SHORT GASTRIC ARTERY has 1 sense:

1. several small arteries branching off of the splenic artery and going to the greater curvature of the stomachplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SHORT GASTRIC ARTERY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Several small arteries branching off of the splenic artery and going to the greater curvature of the stomach

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria gastrica breves; short gastric artery; vasa brevis

Hypernyms ("short gastric artery" is a kind of...):

arteria gastrica; gastric artery (the arteries that supply the walls of the stomach)


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