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VENA GASTRICA-DEXTRA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vena gastrica-dextra mean?
• VENA GASTRICA-DEXTRA (noun)
The noun VENA GASTRICA-DEXTRA has 1 sense:
1. receives veins from the upper surfaces of the stomach and empties into the portal vein
Familiarity information: VENA GASTRICA-DEXTRA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Receives veins from the upper surfaces of the stomach and empties into the portal vein
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
pyloric vein; right gastric vein; vena gastrica-dextra
Hypernyms ("vena gastrica-dextra" is a kind of...):
gastric vein; vena gastrica (one of several veins draining the stomach walls)
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