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ILEOCOLIC ARTERY

Dictionary entry overview: What does ileocolic artery mean?

• ILEOCOLIC ARTERY (noun)
The noun ILEOCOLIC ARTERY has 1 sense:

1. an artery that originates from the superior mesenteric artery and supplies the terminal part of the ileum and the cecum and the vermiform appendix and the ascending colon

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

Dictionary entry details

• ILEOCOLIC ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An artery that originates from the superior mesenteric artery and supplies the terminal part of the ileum and the cecum and the vermiform appendix and the ascending colon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria ileocolica; ileocolic artery

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

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

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