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pulmonary trunk

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An artery that arises from the right ventricle of the heart and branches into the right and left pulmonary arteries.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

the artery that carries venous blood from the right ventricle of the heart and divides into the right and left pulmonary arteries

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: truncus pulmonalis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pulmonary artery, arteria pulmonalis

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