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ARTERIA PULMONALIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of two arteries (branches of the pulmonary trunk) that carry venous blood from the heart to the lungs
Synonyms:
arteria pulmonalis; pulmonary artery
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("arteria pulmonalis" is a kind of...):
arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arteria pulmonalis"):
pulmonary trunk; truncus pulmonalis (the artery that carries venous blood from the right ventricle of the heart and divides into the right and left pulmonary arteries)
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