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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 stomach

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

Dictionary entry details

• SHORT GASTRIC ARTERY (noun)

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Meaning:

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

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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 (arteries that supplies the walls of the stomach)

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