VENA COMITANS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vena comitans mean? 

• VENA COMITANS (noun)
  The noun VENA COMITANS has 1 sense:

1. a vein accompanying another structure; a vein may accompany an artery in such a way that the arterial pulses aid venous return

  Familiarity information: VENA COMITANS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VENA COMITANS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vein accompanying another structure; a vein may accompany an artery in such a way that the arterial pulses aid venous return

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

accompanying vein; vena comitans

Hypernyms ("vena comitans" is a kind of...):

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