NOUN | body | communicating artery, arteria communicans | any of three arteries in the brain that make up the circle of Willis |
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Meaning | Any of three arteries in the brain that make up the circle of Willis. | |
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Synonym | arteria communicans | |
Part of | brain, encephalon | That part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers |
Broader | artery, arteria, arterial blood vessel | A blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body |
Spanish | arteria comunicante, arterias comunicantes | |
Catalan | artèria comunicant |
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