HYPOGASTRIC VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypogastric vein mean? 

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

1. a vein that unites with the external iliac vein to form the common iliac vein

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPOGASTRIC VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vein that unites with the external iliac vein to form the common iliac vein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

hypogastric vein; internal iliac vein

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

iliac vein; vena iliaca (one of three veins draining the pelvic area)