celiac artery

noun

An unpaired short artery arising from the abdominal aorta just below the diaphragm and dividing almost immediately into the left gastric artery, splenic artery and common hepatic artery.

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celiac trunkceliac axistruncus celiacusarteria celiaca
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Meanings

nounceliac artery (plural celiac arteries)

plural celiac arteries · alternative coeliac artery

  1. anatomyAn unpaired short artery arising from the abdominal aorta just below the diaphragm and dividing almost immediately into the left gastric artery, splenic artery and common hepatic artery.

    Synonyms: celiac trunk, celiac axis

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn unpaired short artery arising from the abdominal aorta just below the diaphragm and dividing almost immediately into the left gastric artery, splenic artery and common hepatic artery.

Similar
celiac trunkceliac axis

More synonyms by meaning

nounan artery that originates from the abdominal aorta just below the diaphragm and branches into the left gastric artery and the common hepatic artery and the splenic artery

Similar
celiac trunktruncus celiacusarteria celiaca
Broader
arteryarteriaarterial blood vessel
Also see
celiac trunk

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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MLA

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Chicago

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