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subclavian arteries

subclavian arteries is the plural of subclavian artery.

Meaning of subclavian artery

Noun

subclavian artery (plural subclavian arteries)

  1. A paired artery of the upper thorax which passes beneath the clavicle and mainly supplies the upper limb, and continues as the axillary artery at the lateral border of the first rib.
    • Glass from the shattered side windows had lodged itself quite deep between Lia’s shoulder blade and collar bone, just missing the subclavian artery.2022, Maddie Mortimer, Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies, Picador, page 205

Questions about subclavian arteries

What is subclavian arteries the plural of?
Subclavian arteries is the plural of subclavian artery.

Words near subclavian arteries in the dictionary

  1. subclauses
  2. subclausing
  3. subclavate
  4. subclavial
  5. subclavian
  6. subclavian arteries
  7. subclavian artery
  8. subclavian steal syndrome
  9. subclavian steal syndromes
  10. subclavian vein
  11. subclavian veins

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