MESENTERIC VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mesenteric vein mean? 

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

1. a tributary of the portal vein passing from the intestine between the two layers of mesentery

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MESENTERIC VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tributary of the portal vein passing from the intestine between the two layers of mesentery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

mesenteric vein; vena mesenterica

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

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

 Context examples 

A vein that drains blood from the pancreas into the splenic and superior mesenteric veins.

(Pancreatic Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

The veins that drain blood from the ileum into the superior mesenteric vein.

(Ileal Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood vessel running parallel to the ileocolic artery that drains blood from the terminal ileum and ascending colon into the superior mesenteric vein.

(Ileocolic Vein, NCI Thesaurus)