1. an artery originating from the external carotid artery and supplying the under side of the tongue; [syn: lingual artery, arteria lingualis]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lingual artery
n 1: an artery originating from the external carotid artery and
supplying the under side of the tongue [syn: lingual
artery, arteria lingualis]