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Noun: temporal artery
  1. Any of the three arteries on either side of the brain supplying the cortex of the temporal lobe
    "A biopsy of the temporal artery was performed to diagnose giant cell arteritis"

Derived forms: temporal arteries

Type of: arteria cerebri, cerebral artery

Encyclopedia: Temporal artery