THORACOEPIGASTRIC VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thoracoepigastric vein mean? 

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

1. a vein arising from the region of the superficial epigastric vein and opening into the axillary vein or thoracic vein

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• THORACOEPIGASTRIC VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vein arising from the region of the superficial epigastric vein and opening into the axillary vein or thoracic vein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

thoracoepigastric vein; vena thoracoepigastrica

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

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