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HEMIZYGOS VEIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hemizygos vein mean?
• HEMIZYGOS VEIN (noun)
The noun HEMIZYGOS VEIN has 1 sense:
1. a continuation of the left ascending lumbar vein; crosses the midline at the 8th vertebra and empties into the azygos vein
Familiarity information: HEMIZYGOS VEIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A continuation of the left ascending lumbar vein; crosses the midline at the 8th vertebra and empties into the azygos vein
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
hemizygos vein; hemizygous vein; vena hemizygos
Hypernyms ("hemizygos vein" is a kind of...):
vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)
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