Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

middle meningeal artery

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English

Syllables: mid-dle -meningeal artery
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A branch of the first portion of the maxillary artery that is the largest artery supplying the dura mater, enters the cranium through the foramen spinosum, and divides into anterior and posterior branches in a groove in the greater wing of the sphenoid bone.

Inflected Forms

middle meningeal arteries (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

posterior meningeal artery

Questions

What does middle meningeal artery mean?: A branch of the first portion of the maxillary artery that is the largest artery supplying the dura mater, enters the cranium through the foramen spinosum, and divides into anterior and posterior branches in a groove in the greater wing of the sphenoid bone.

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