palatine artery

palatine artery (plural palatine arteries)

1. (anatomy) Any of the arteries supplying the hard and soft palates.

   Meronyms: ascending palatine artery, descending palatine artery, greater palatine artery, lesser palatine artery

• “palatine artery”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.