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EPIGASTRIC VEIN

Dictionary entry overview: What does epigastric vein mean?

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

1. veins serving the anterior walls of the abdomen

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

Dictionary entry details

• EPIGASTRIC VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Veins serving the anterior walls of the abdomen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("epigastric vein" 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 "epigastric vein"):

inferior epigastric vein; vena epigastrica inferior (empties into the external iliac vein)

superficial epigastric vein; vena epigastrica superficialis (empties into the great saphenous vein)

superior epigastric veins; venae epigastricae superiores (veins that accompany the superior epigastric artery)

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EPIGASTRIC VEIN: related words searches

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