intestinal artery

1. 1.

   an artery that is a branch of the superior mesenteric artery that supplies the jejunum

   Synonymsjejunal artery

   Broaderartery

   Part ofsmall intestine
2. 2.

   branch of the superior mesenteric artery that supplies the ileum

   Synonymsileal arteryarteria ileum

   Broaderartery

   Part ofsmall intestine

Questions about intestinal artery

What does intestinal artery mean?

intestinal artery means "an artery that is a branch of the superior mesenteric artery that supplies the jejunum". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for intestinal artery?

Close synonyms include jejunal artery, ileal artery, arteria ileum. 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 intestinal artery a common word?

intestinal 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.