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VENA GASTROOMENTALIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vena gastroomentalis mean?
• VENA GASTROOMENTALIS (noun)
The noun VENA GASTROOMENTALIS has 1 sense:
1. one of two veins serving the great curvature of the stomach
Familiarity information: VENA GASTROOMENTALIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of two veins serving the great curvature of the stomach
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
gastroepiploic vein; gastroomental vein; vena gastroomentalis
Hypernyms ("vena gastroomentalis" is a kind of...):
vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)
Holonyms ("vena gastroomentalis" is a part of...):
breadbasket; stomach; tum; tummy (an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion)
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