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n.
  1. An artery with origin in the inferior thyroid artery, with distribution to the muscles and mucous membrane of the larynx, and with anastomosis to the superior laryngeal artery; inferior laryngeal artery.
  2. An artery with origin in the superior thyroid artery, with distribution to the muscles and mucous membrane of the larynx, and with anastomoses to a branch of the superior thyroid artery and the terminal branches of the inferior laryngeal artery; superior laryngeal artery.
 
 
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: either of two arteries that supply blood to the larynx
  Synonym: arteria laryngea


 
 

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