celiac trunk

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celiac trunk - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  celiac trunk
      n 1: an 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
           [syn: celiac trunk, celiac artery, truncus celiacus,
           arteria celiaca]