What does "eparterial" mean?

Situated upon or above an artery; applied especially to the branches of the bronchi given off above the point where the pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus.

Eparterial

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Adjective

1
Situated upon or above an artery; applied especially to the branches of the bronchi given off above the point where the pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus. archaic, not-comparable

Etymology

From epi- + arterial.

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pulmonary artery

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