epigastric artery

1. 1.

   one of three arteries supplying the anterior walls of the abdomen

   Synonymsarteria epigastrica

   Broaderartery

Questions about epigastric artery

What does epigastric artery mean?

epigastric artery means "one of three arteries supplying the anterior walls of the abdomen".

What is another word for epigastric artery?

Close synonyms include arteria epigastrica. 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 epigastric artery a common word?

epigastric artery 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.