ETHMOIDAL ARTERY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A branch of the ophthalmic artery supplying structures in and around the nasal capsule

Synonyms:

arteria ethmoidalis; ethmoidal artery

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Nouns denoting body parts

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

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

Holonyms ("ethmoidal artery" is a part of...):

nose; olfactory organ (the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals)

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