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ILIAC ARTERY

Dictionary entry overview: What does iliac artery mean?

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

1. one of the large arteries supplying blood to the pelvis and legs

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

Dictionary entry details

• ILIAC ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

One of the large arteries supplying blood to the pelvis and legs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria iliaca; iliac artery

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "iliac artery"):

common iliac artery (terminal branches of the abdominal aorta)

external iliac artery (the outer branch of the common iliac artery on either side of the body; becomes the femoral artery)

hypogastric artery; internal iliac artery (the inner branch of the common iliac artery on either side of the body; divides into several branches that supply blood to the pelvic and gluteal areas)

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

ilium (the upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone)

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