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    CIRCUMFLEX VEIN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Any of several curved parallel veins accompanying arteries of the same nameplay

    Synonyms:

    circumflex vein; vena circumflexa

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("circumflex 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 "circumflex vein"):

    circumflex iliac vein; vena circumflexa ilium (accompanies the artery of the same name)

    circumflex femoral vein; vena circumflexus femoris (either of two veins that accompany arteries of the same name serving the hip and thigh)

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