arteria meningea

1. 1.

   any of three arteries supplying the meninges of the brain and neighboring structures

   Synonymsmeningeal artery

   Broaderartery

   Narroweranterior meningeal arterymiddle meningeal arteryposterior meningeal artery

Questions about arteria meningea

What does arteria meningea mean?

arteria meningea means "any of three arteries supplying the meninges of the brain and neighboring structures".

What is another word for arteria meningea?

Close synonyms include meningeal artery. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is arteria meningea a common word?

arteria meningea is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.