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ciliary artery

ciliary artery noun: any of several arteries that arise from the ophthalmic artery or its branches and supply various parts of the eye.

Noun

ciliary artery (plural ciliary arteries)

  1. Any of several arteries that arise from the ophthalmic artery or its branches and supply various parts of the eye.

Forms of ciliary artery

pluralciliary arteries

Questions about ciliary artery

What does ciliary artery mean?
Ciliary artery means any of several arteries that arise from the ophthalmic artery or its branches and supply various parts of the eye.
What part of speech is ciliary artery?
Ciliary artery is a noun.
What is the plural of ciliary artery?
The plural of ciliary artery is ciliary arteries.

Words near ciliary artery in the dictionary

  1. cilial
  2. ciliaphore
  3. ciliaphores
  4. ciliary
  5. ciliary arteries
  6. ciliary artery
  7. ciliary bodies
  8. ciliary body
  9. ciliary ganglion
  10. ciliary muscle
  11. ciliary muscles

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