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INFERIOR PULMONARY VEIN

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Dictionary entry overview: What does inferior pulmonary vein mean?

• INFERIOR PULMONARY VEIN (noun)
The noun INFERIOR PULMONARY VEIN has 1 sense:

1. either of two pulmonary veins (left and right) returning blood from the inferior lobes of the lungs

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

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• INFERIOR PULMONARY VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Either of two pulmonary veins (left and right) returning blood from the inferior lobes of the lungs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

inferior pulmonary vein; vena pulmanalis inferior

Hypernyms ("inferior pulmonary vein" is a kind of...):

pulmonary vein; vena pulmonalis (any of four veins that carry arterial blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart)

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