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    COMMUNICATING ARTERY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any of three arteries in the brain that make up the circle of Willisplay

    Synonyms:

    arteria communicans; communicating artery

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("communicating artery" is a kind of...):

    arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)

    Holonyms ("communicating artery" is a part of...):

    brain; encephalon (that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord)

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