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Noun: gastric artery
  1. The arteries that supply the walls of the stomach
    "The gastrointestinal surgeon carefully avoided damaging the gastric arteries during the stomach surgery";
    - arteria gastrica

Derived forms: gastric arteries

Type of: arteria, arterial blood vessel, artery

Part of: breadbasket [informal], stomach, tum [informal], tummy [informal]

Encyclopedia: Gastric artery