posterior communicating artery
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posterior communicating artery (plural posterior communicating arteries)
- (anatomy) Either of two arteries that occur one on each side of the circle of Willis and connect an internal carotid artery with a posterior cerebral artery.
- Coordinate term: anterior communicating artery
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- “communicating artery”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.