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superior thyroid artery

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English

Syllables
su-pe-ri-or thy-roid artery
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
5
Syllables
12
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 external carotid artery or sometimes from the common carotid artery at the level of the thyrohyal of the hyoid bone and that gives off branches to nearby muscles and to the thyroid gland.

Inflected Forms

superior thyroid arteries (plural)

Phrases

ascending pharyngeal artery facial artery lingual artery maxillary artery occipital artery posterior auricular artery superficial temporal artery

Frequently Paired Words

ascending pharyngeal artery facial artery lingual artery maxillary artery occipital artery posterior auricular artery superficial temporal artery inferior thyroid artery

Questions

What does superior thyroid artery mean?
One of two arteries supplying the thyroid gland and nearby structures at the front of the neck that branches from the external carotid artery or sometimes from the common carotid artery at the level of the thyrohyal of the hyoid bone and that gives off branches to nearby muscles and to the thyroid gland.

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