phrenic artery
n.
An artery having its origin as the first paired branch from the abdominal aorta inferior to the diaphragm and with distribution to the diaphragm; inferior phrenic artery.
Either of a pair of small arteries given off from the thoracic aorta just superior to the diaphragm and with distribution to the diaphragm; superior phrenic artery.
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Nearby words
- phrenalgia,
- phrenemphraxis,
- phrenetic,
- phreni-,
- phrenic,
- phrenic ganglion,
- phrenic nerve,
- phrenicectomy,
- phreniclasia,
- phrenicocolic ligament
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