Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun truncus_celiacus
1 sense of truncus celiacus
Sense 1
celiac trunk, celiac artery, truncus celiacus, arteria celiaca -- (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)
=> artery, arteria, arterial blood vessel -- (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)