arteria epigastrica vs artery

arteria epigastrica and artery both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
arteria epigastrica	Yes	No	No	No
artery	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, artery is a hypernym of arteria epigastrica; that is, artery is a word with a broader meaning than arteria epigastrica:

arteria epigastrica: one of three arteries supplying the anterior walls of the abdomen
artery: a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body

Other hypernyms of arteria epigastrica include arteria, arterial blood vessel.

arteria epigastrica (noun)	artery (noun)
one of three arteries supplying the anterior walls of the abdomen	a major thoroughfare that bears important traffic
	a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body