external maxillary artery

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   an artery that originates in the external carotid and gives off branches that supply the neck and face

   Synonymsfacial arteryarteria facialis

   Broadermaxillary artery

Questions about external maxillary artery

What does external maxillary artery mean?

external maxillary artery means "an artery that originates in the external carotid and gives off branches that supply the neck and face".

What is another word for external maxillary artery?

Close synonyms include facial artery, arteria facialis. 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 external maxillary artery a common word?

external maxillary 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.