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HEMIZYGOUS VEIN

Dictionary entry overview: What does hemizygous vein mean?

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

1. a continuation of the left ascending lumbar vein; crosses the midline at the 8th vertebra and empties into the azygos vein

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

Dictionary entry details

• HEMIZYGOUS VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A continuation of the left ascending lumbar vein; crosses the midline at the 8th vertebra and empties into the azygos vein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

hemizygos vein; hemizygous vein; vena hemizygos

Hypernyms ("hemizygous 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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