BRONCHIAL VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bronchial vein mean? 

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

1. veins serving the bronchi; empty into the azygos vein

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRONCHIAL VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Veins serving the bronchi; empty into the azygos vein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

bronchial vein; vena bronchialis

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

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