Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

collateral artery

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables: col-lat-er-al artery
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of artery connecting two other arteries to form a natural bypass that restores blood flow after a vascular occlusion.

Inflected Forms

collateral arteries (plural)

Questions

What does collateral artery mean?: A type of artery connecting two other arteries to form a natural bypass that restores blood flow after a vascular occlusion.

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