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PARAUMBILICAL VEIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does paraumbilical vein mean?
• PARAUMBILICAL VEIN (noun)
The noun PARAUMBILICAL VEIN has 1 sense:
1. small veins arising in skin around the navel; terminate as accessory portal veins
Familiarity information: PARAUMBILICAL VEIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small veins arising in skin around the navel; terminate as accessory portal veins
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
paraumbilical vein; vena paraumbilicalis
Hypernyms ("paraumbilical 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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