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ACCOMPANYING VEIN

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Dictionary entry overview: What does accompanying vein mean?

• ACCOMPANYING VEIN (noun)
The noun ACCOMPANYING VEIN has 1 sense:

1. a vein accompanying another structure; a vein may accompany an artery in such a way that the arterial pulses aid venous return

Familiarity information: ACCOMPANYING VEIN used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ACCOMPANYING VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A vein accompanying another structure; a vein may accompany an artery in such a way that the arterial pulses aid venous return

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

accompanying vein; vena comitans

Hypernyms ("accompanying vein" is a kind of...):

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

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