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VASA BREVIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vasa brevis mean?
• VASA BREVIS (noun)
The noun VASA BREVIS has 1 sense:
1. several small arteries branching off of the splenic artery and going to the greater curvature of the stomach
Familiarity information: VASA BREVIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Several small arteries branching off of the splenic artery and going to the greater curvature of the stomach
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
arteria gastrica breves; short gastric artery; vasa brevis
Hypernyms ("vasa brevis" is a kind of...):
arteria gastrica; gastric artery (the arteries that supply the walls of the stomach)
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