Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inferior thyroid artery

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables: in-fe-ri-or thy-roid artery
IPA

34

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of two arteries supplying the thyroid gland and nearby structures at the front of the neck that branches from the thyrocervical trunk and that divides to form branches supplying the inferior portion of the thyroid gland and anastomosing with the superior thyroid artery or with a corresponding branch from the opposite side.

Inflected Forms

inferior thyroid arteries (plural)

Phrases

suprascapular artery transverse cervical artery

Frequently Paired Words

suprascapular artery transverse cervical artery superior thyroid artery thyroid ima artery

Questions

What does inferior thyroid artery mean?: One of two arteries supplying the thyroid gland and nearby structures at the front of the neck that branches from the thyrocervical trunk and that divides to form branches supplying the inferior portion of the thyroid gland and anastomosing with the superior thyroid artery or with a corresponding branch from the opposite side.

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