COMMUNICATING ARTERY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of three arteries in the brain that make up the circle of Willis

Synonyms:

arteria communicans; communicating artery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("communicating artery" is a kind of...):

arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)

Holonyms ("communicating artery" is a part of...):

brain; encephalon (that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord)

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