VENA ILIACA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vena iliaca mean? 

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

1. one of three veins draining the pelvic area

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VENA ILIACA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of three veins draining the pelvic area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

iliac vein; vena iliaca

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vena iliaca"):

hypogastric vein; internal iliac vein (a vein that unites with the external iliac vein to form the common iliac vein)

external iliac vein (a continuation of the femoral vein; unites with the internal iliac vein to form the common iliac vein)

common iliac vein (formed by the internal and external iliac veins; unites with its fellow from the opposite side of the body to form the inferior vena cava)