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central retinal artery

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English

Syllables
cen-tral reti-nal artery
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
20
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A branch of the ophthalmic artery that passes to the retina in the middle of the optic nerve and branches to form the arterioles of the retina.

Inflected Forms

central retinal arteries (plural)

Phrases

anterior ciliary artery anterior ethmoidal artery dorsal nasal artery lacrimal artery long posterior ciliary artery medial palpebral artery posterior ethmoidal artery short posterior ciliary artery

Frequently Paired Words

anterior ciliary artery anterior ethmoidal artery dorsal nasal artery lacrimal artery long posterior ciliary artery medial palpebral artery posterior ethmoidal artery short posterior ciliary artery

Synonyms

central artery of the retina retinal artery

Questions

What does central retinal artery mean?
A branch of the ophthalmic artery that passes to the retina in the middle of the optic nerve and branches to form the arterioles of the retina.

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