VENA MUSCULOPHRENICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vena musculophrenica mean? 

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

1. veins that drain the upper abdominal wall and the lower intercostal spaces and the abdomen

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VENA MUSCULOPHRENICA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Veins that drain the upper abdominal wall and the lower intercostal spaces and the abdomen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

musculophrenic vein; vena musculophrenica

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

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