资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Eparterial \Ep`ar*te"ri*al\, a. [Pref. ep- + arterial.] (Anat.)
   Situated upon or above an artery; -- applied esp. to the
   branches of the bronchi given off above the point where the
   pulmonary artery crosses the bronchus.