1. a branch of the internal iliac artery that supplies the uterus and the upper part of the vagina; [syn: uterine artery, arteria uterina]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
uterine artery
n 1: a branch of the internal iliac artery that supplies the
uterus and the upper part of the vagina [syn: uterine
artery, arteria uterina]