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cerebral artery
ce·re·bral ar·ter·y [ suh-ree-bruhl, ser-uh- ahr-tuh-ree ]
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Definitions related to cerebral artery:
  • An artery which directly supplies the cerebral cortex and which has deeper branches that supply the underlying white matter.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Arteries supplying the cerebral cortex.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (cerebral arteries) The arterial blood vessels supplying the CEREBRUM.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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