SUPERIOR EPIGASTRIC VEINS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does superior epigastric veins mean? 

• SUPERIOR EPIGASTRIC VEINS (noun)
  The noun SUPERIOR EPIGASTRIC VEINS has 1 sense:

1. veins that accompany the superior epigastric artery

  Familiarity information: SUPERIOR EPIGASTRIC VEINS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPERIOR EPIGASTRIC VEINS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Veins that accompany the superior epigastric artery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

superior epigastric veins; venae epigastricae superiores

Hypernyms ("superior epigastric veins" is a kind of...):

epigastric vein (veins serving the anterior walls of the abdomen)

 Context examples 

Either of two veins including the inferior and superior epigastric veins.

(Epigastric Vein, NCI Thesaurus)