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Noun: lienal artery
  1. An artery that originates from the celiac trunk and supplies blood to the spleen
    "The lienal artery was ligated during the emergency splenectomy";
    - splenic artery, arteria lienalis

Derived forms: lienal arteries

Type of: arteria, arterial blood vessel, artery

Part of: spleen

Encyclopedia: Lienal artery