CENTRAL VEIN OF SUPRARENAL GLAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does central vein of suprarenal gland mean? 

• CENTRAL VEIN OF SUPRARENAL GLAND (noun)
  The noun CENTRAL VEIN OF SUPRARENAL GLAND has 1 sense:

1. a single draining vein; on the right it empties into the inferior vena cava; on the left it empties into the left renal vein

  Familiarity information: CENTRAL VEIN OF SUPRARENAL GLAND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CENTRAL VEIN OF SUPRARENAL GLAND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A single draining vein; on the right it empties into the inferior vena cava; on the left it empties into the left renal vein

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Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

central vein of suprarenal gland; vena centralis glandulae suprarenalis

Hypernyms ("central vein of suprarenal gland" is a kind of...):

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