external carotid artery
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external carotid artery (plural external carotid arteries)
- (anatomy) The outer branch of the carotid artery that supplies the face, tongue, and external parts of the head.
- Hypernym: common carotid artery
- Hyponyms: ascending pharyngeal artery, facial artery, lingual artery, maxillary artery, occipital artery, posterior auricular artery, superficial temporal artery, superior thyroid artery
- Coordinate term: internal carotid artery
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- “external carotid artery”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.