VENA PYLORICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vena pylorica mean? 

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

1. a tributary of the right gastric vein

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VENA PYLORICA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tributary of the right gastric vein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

prepyloric vein; vena pylorica

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

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