brachiocephalic artery

brachiocephalic artery
/bray"kee oh seuh fal"ik, brak"ee-, bray'kee-, brak'ee-/, Anat.
a major artery, arising from the arch of the aorta, that supplies blood to the right arm and the head.
[1830-40; BRACHIO- + CEPHALIC]

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