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Hepatic artery
Pronunciation
Definition 1
The major blood vessel that carries blood to the liver. (NCI Dictionary)
Definition 2
An artery arising from the celiac trunk that supplies the liver and branches to form the cystic, gastro-duodenalis and pyloric arteries. (NCI Thesaurus)
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