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BIFURCATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of splitting into two branches
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("bifurcation" is a kind of...):
branching; fork; forking; ramification (the act of branching out or dividing into branches)
Derivation:
bifurcate (divide into two branches)
bifurcate (split or divide into two)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The place where something divides into two branches
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("bifurcation" is a kind of...):
forking; furcation (the place where something divides into branches)
Meronyms (parts of "bifurcation"):
bifurcation (a bifurcating branch (one or both of them))
Derivation:
bifurcate (divide into two branches)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A bifurcating branch (one or both of them)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("bifurcation" is a kind of...):
branch; leg; ramification (a part of a forked or branching shape)
Holonyms ("bifurcation" is a part of...):
bifurcation (the place where something divides into two branches)
Derivation:
bifurcate (divide into two branches)
bifurcate (split or divide into two)
Context examples:
A cluster of cells that function as chemo-receptors, located at the bifurcation of the carotid artery.
(Carotid Body, NCI Thesaurus)
An artery arising from the bifurcation of the common iliac artery in the lower torso.
(External Iliac Artery, NCI Thesaurus)
Artery formed by the bifurcation of the internal carotid artery (CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL).
(Anterior Cerebral Artery, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A short thick blood vessel arising from the bifurcation of the common iliac artery with numerous branches that supply the organs, walls and viscera of the pelvis as well as the inner thigh.
(Internal Iliac Artery, NCI Thesaurus)
The anterior and posterior arteries created at the bifurcation of the popliteal artery.
(Murine Posterior Tibial Artery, NCI Thesaurus)
It is caused by thrombotic occlusion of the abdominal aorta just above the level of the bifurcation.
(Leriche Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
An artery arising from the bifurcation of the left coronary artery that runs along the coronary grove with branches supplying the atria and ventricles.
(Circumflex Branch of the Left Coronary Artery, NCI Thesaurus)
A benign or malignant extra-adrenal parasympathetic paraganglioma arising from paraganglia adjacent to or in the bifurcation of the common carotid artery.
(Carotid Body Paraganglioma, NCI Thesaurus)
An artery arising from the bifurcation of the abdominal aorta which then bifurcates forming the internal and external iliac arteries.
(Common Iliac Artery, NCI Thesaurus)
An artery arising from the bifurcation of the common carotid artery on each side of the body at the level of the third or fourth cervical vertebrae that ascends the neck into the head with numerous branches supplying the anterior brain, eye, forehead and nose.
(Internal Carotid Artery, NCI Thesaurus)
