ARCUATE VEIN OF THE KIDNEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arcuate vein of the kidney mean? 

• ARCUATE VEIN OF THE KIDNEY (noun)
  The noun ARCUATE VEIN OF THE KIDNEY has 1 sense:

1. veins that receive blood from interlobular veins of kidney and rectal venules

  Familiarity information: ARCUATE VEIN OF THE KIDNEY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARCUATE VEIN OF THE KIDNEY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Veins that receive blood from interlobular veins of kidney and rectal venules

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arcuate vein of the kidney; vena arcuata renis

Hypernyms ("arcuate vein of the kidney" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("arcuate vein of the kidney" is a part of...):

kidney (either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine)