PHRENIC VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phrenic vein mean? 

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

1. either of two veins that drain the diaphragm

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHRENIC VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of two veins that drain the diaphragm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

phrenic vein; vena phrenica

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

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