GASTROEPIPLOIC VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gastroepiploic vein mean? 

• GASTROEPIPLOIC VEIN (noun)
  The noun GASTROEPIPLOIC VEIN has 1 sense:

1. one of two veins serving the great curvature of the stomach

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GASTROEPIPLOIC VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of two veins serving the great curvature of the stomach

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

gastroepiploic vein; gastroomental vein; vena gastroomentalis

Hypernyms ("gastroepiploic vein" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("gastroepiploic vein" is a part of...):

breadbasket; stomach; tum; tummy (an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion)