ACCESSORY HEMIAZYGOS VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does accessory hemiazygos vein mean? 

• ACCESSORY HEMIAZYGOS VEIN (noun)
  The noun ACCESSORY HEMIAZYGOS VEIN has 1 sense:

1. a vein formed by the union of the 4th to 7th posterior intercostal veins; empties into the azygos vein

  Familiarity information: ACCESSORY HEMIAZYGOS VEIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACCESSORY HEMIAZYGOS VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vein formed by the union of the 4th to 7th posterior intercostal veins; empties into the azygos vein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

accessory hemiazygos vein; accessory hemiazygous vein; vena hemiazygos accessoria

Hypernyms ("accessory hemiazygos vein" is a kind of...):

vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)