HEPATIC VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hepatic vein mean? 

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

1. a vein that drains the liver; empties into the vena cava

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEPATIC VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vein that drains the liver; empties into the vena cava

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

hepatic vein; vena hepatica

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

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

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

liver (large and complicated reddish-brown glandular organ located in the upper right portion of the abdominal cavity; secretes bile and functions in metabolism of protein and carbohydrate and fat; synthesizes substances involved in the clotting of the blood; synthesizes vitamin A; detoxifies poisonous substances and breaks down worn-out erythrocytes)

 Context examples 

Intrahepatic route of drug administration is a method of drug delivery within the liver, predominantly via hepatic vein or artery.

(Intrahepatic Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

The veins within the hepatic lobes that drain blood from the liver sinusoids into the hepatic vein.

(Central Vein, NCI Thesaurus)