ARTERIA VAGINALIS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A branch of the internal iliac that provides blood for the vagina and the base of the bladder and the rectum

Synonyms:

arteria vaginalis; vaginal artery

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("arteria vaginalis" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("arteria vaginalis" is a part of...):

vagina (the lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to the uterus)

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