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UMBILICAL VEIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does umbilical vein mean?
• UMBILICAL VEIN (noun)
The noun UMBILICAL VEIN has 1 sense:
1. a vein in the umbilical cord; returns nutrient blood from the placenta to the fetus
Familiarity information: UMBILICAL VEIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A vein in the umbilical cord; returns nutrient blood from the placenta to the fetus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
umbilical vein; vena umbilicalis
Hypernyms ("umbilical vein" is a kind of...):
vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)
Holonyms ("umbilical vein" is a part of...):
umbilical; umbilical cord (membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta)
Context examples
A vein occurring during embryonic development that is the continuation of the left umbilical vein that drains into the inferior vena cava.
(Ductus Venosus, NCI Thesaurus)
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