arteria communicans

1. 1.

   any of three arteries in the brain that make up the circle of Willis

   Synonymscommunicating artery

   Broaderartery

   Part ofbrain

Questions about arteria communicans

What does arteria communicans mean?

arteria communicans means "any of three arteries in the brain that make up the circle of Willis".

What is another word for arteria communicans?

Close synonyms include communicating artery. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is arteria communicans a common word?

arteria communicans is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.