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LEFT GASTRIC VEIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does left gastric vein mean?
• LEFT GASTRIC VEIN (noun)
The noun LEFT GASTRIC VEIN has 1 sense:
1. arises from a union of veins from the gastric cardia; runs in the lesser omentum; empties into the portal vein
Familiarity information: LEFT GASTRIC VEIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Arises from a union of veins from the gastric cardia; runs in the lesser omentum; empties into the portal vein
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
left gastric vein; vena gastrica sinistra
Hypernyms ("left gastric vein" is a kind of...):
gastric vein; vena gastrica (one of several veins draining the stomach walls)
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