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Noun: posterior cerebral artery
  1. A major artery that arises from the basilar artery and supplies blood to the occipital lobe and temporal lobe of the brain
    "The patient experienced visual disturbances due to a clot in the posterior cerebral artery"

Derived forms: posterior cerebral arteries

Type of: arteria cerebri, cerebral artery

Encyclopedia: Posterior cerebral artery