VENAE CENTRALES HEPATIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does venae centrales hepatis mean? 

• VENAE CENTRALES HEPATIS (noun)
  The noun VENAE CENTRALES HEPATIS has 1 sense:

1. terminal branches of the hepatic veins that lie in the hepatic lobules and receive blood from the liver sinusoids

  Familiarity information: VENAE CENTRALES HEPATIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VENAE CENTRALES HEPATIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Terminal branches of the hepatic veins that lie in the hepatic lobules and receive blood from the liver sinusoids

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Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

central veins of liver; venae centrales hepatis

Hypernyms ("venae centrales hepatis" is a kind of...):

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