Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun external_carotid_artery

1 sense of external carotid artery

Sense 1
external carotid artery, external carotid -- (the branch of the carotid artery that supplies blood to the face and tongue and external parts of the head)
       => carotid artery, arteria carotis -- (either of two major arteries of the neck and head; branches from the aorta)