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Noun: communicating artery
  1. Any of three arteries in the brain that make up the circle of Willis
    "The neurosurgeon carefully navigated around the communicating arteries during the aneurysm repair";
    - arteria communicans

Derived forms: communicating arteries

Type of: arteria, arterial blood vessel, artery

Part of: brain, encephalon

Encyclopedia: Communicating artery