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COMMON CARDINAL VEIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does common cardinal vein mean?
• COMMON CARDINAL VEIN (noun)
The noun COMMON CARDINAL VEIN has 1 sense:
1. the major return channels to the heart; formed by anastomosis of the anterior and posterior cardinal veins
Familiarity information: COMMON CARDINAL VEIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The major return channels to the heart; formed by anastomosis of the anterior and posterior cardinal veins
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("common cardinal vein" is a kind of...):
cardinal vein (any of the major venous channels in primitive adult vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates)
Context examples
A vein that drains blood from the cranium into the common cardinal vein during embryonic development.
(Anterior Cardinal Vein, NCI Thesaurus)
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