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Noun: ciliary artery
  1. One of several arteries supplying the choroid coat of the eye
    "The ophthalmologist noted abnormal blood flow in the ciliary arteries";
    - arteria ciliaris

Derived forms: ciliary arteries

Type of: arteria, arterial blood vessel, artery

Part of: eye, oculus [rare], optic

Encyclopedia: Ciliary artery